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[fajrdrako]

lilithlotr posted a wonderful article about Ian McKellen today on her LJ. Among other good things, he made this wonderful statement: "I don't want to be cut off from heterosexuality. I think it's a fascinating little phenomenon."

One thing I noticed is that he almost always makes statements I agree with. John Barrowman, in an interview I recently read, was articulating his thoughts on gay rights, and I found that, interestingly, he said things I didn't agree with - such as that he wasn't in favour of gay marriage, that legalized gay partnerships were okay. I see it as an important point in acquiring equal rights - the right to marriage is something any het couple has. McKellen says:

Then he sort of explodes. "It's so silly! Why can't we just call it a marriage. Why can't gay people marry like heterosexual people do? Now they have a law that is almost above and beyond heterosexuals who cannot have civil partnerships. It's just hedging bets, isn't it? If we have gay marriage then soon we can have gay divorce."

I can't help loving that man.