Queer Families
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In December 2005, an appeals court in New York State ruled “that the state constitution does not require New York to treat gay couples the same as heterosexual couples in marriage licensing” (Keen 11). The ongoing gay marriage debate has set the stage for many lesbians, gays, and queers to ask what marriage equality really means for the gay movement. According to Michael Warner in the book The Trouble With Normal, the institution of marriage by nature privileges those who are married over those who are not married. Additionally, it forces lesbians and gays to conform to a heterosexual lifestyle. Warner explains the difference between straight culture and gay culture when he says:
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