Respectfully, Sir Elton, Piss off!

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Elton John: Where Prop 8 went wrong


NEW YORK — Sir Elton John, accompanied by his longtime partner David Furnish, had some choice words about California's Proposition 8, the ban on same-sex marriage that passed on Nov. 4.
In December 2005, John and Furnish tied the knot in a civil partnership ceremony in Windsor, England. But, clarified the singer, "We're not married. Let's get that right. We have a civil partnership. What is wrong with Proposition 8 is that they went for marriage. Marriage is going to put a lot of people off, the word marriage."

John and Furnish, and their two cocker spaniels Marilyn and Arthur, were in town for Monday's annual benefit for the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

"I don't want to be married. I'm very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get together, they should have a civil partnership," said John. "The word marriage, I think, puts a lot of people off. You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships."

The dinner, held at Cipriani Wall Street, was hosted by CNN's Anderson Cooper and featured a performance from Gladys Knight. John's foundation gets a four-star rating, the highest available, from CharityNavigator.com and John, in his speech, called for the enactment of a national AIDS policy.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-11-12-elton-john_N.htm

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. ...

:popcorn:

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. Goodbye Yellowbrick Road

[meegbear]

3. I don't want to be married ...

well, Elton some people do. Now go sit in the back of the bus.

[liberalmuse]

4. So if Elton is happy with a civil union...

that goes to say everyone else should be too. What a raging narcissist.

[AntiFascist]

5. Elton has been knighted, what do you expect?

Royalty always has ways to demean the common people, that's how they maintain power. I also wonder about Gladys "Knight" :rofl:

[AntiFascist]

8. and furthermore grovelbot is pissing me off...

what happened to my avatar?!!

[cynatnite]

6. He talks like a guy who doesn't know or understand American law...

I still love Elton.

[soleft]

9. Or perhaps the American history of separate but equal

[geiger]

7. not in Ohio

[cali]

10. yeah, well, Elton's civil union is national

he does get all the benefits of marriage that any straight couple in GB gets.

[RaleighNCDUer]

11. And there is no reason why we can't do the same in this country

once DOMA is repealed.

Marriage is just a word. It is the rights that matter.