Marriage

Marriage

noun

• 1the formal union of a man and a woman, typically as recognized by law, by which they become husband and wife:she has three children from a previous marriage
•  [mass noun] the state of being married:women want equality in marriage
• (in some jurisdictions) a union between partners of the same sex.

(Oxford Dictionaries)

Finding ‘the one’ is most people’s dream. Although it is argued that there is not just ‘one’ person that you could spend your life with, most people still look for ‘the one’. We see it in films, books, and music.

(Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry

Darlene Love’s song is about the boy that she wishes to marry because she wants to share his ‘life and dreams and love’ (1963). The song resonates the message of finding ‘the one’ and falling in love on a whim.

Yet as a gay man, I cannot marry another man. A civil partnership is an option, but still I don’t have anyone to marry. Although it may seem selfish, I am not sure how much I support the ‘gay marriage’ because I don’t think it should be ‘gay marriage’, more ‘equal marriage’. People seem to be getting confused between the two. But I have been bought up thinking that getting married is a normal thing to happen in love, along with having children, a dog and a good job, however the reality for gay people is rather different.

Works Cited

Love, Darlene (1963) (Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry [CD]. London:Sony CMG

Oxford Dictionaries (2013) Marriage [Online] Available at: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/marriage?q=marriage (Accessed: 1 March 2013)