Work and weddings
Dec. 20th, 2005 10:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
burntcopperCards and collections regularly go round the office. Birthdays, leaving, that kind of thing. This time, it was a card for Theo. Me and Gemma were puzzling over it, since none of the messages *seemed* like 'hope the baby is fine' ones (she's preggers). Then someone said that she was getting married. See us go 'oh'. Because suddenly the messages made sense. And the girl's name they were using.
Me : '...Theo's a lesbian?'
Gem : 'Didn't you know?'
Me : 'Never thought about it. When's the wedding, then?'
Gem : 'Claire'll know, she's the one sent round the card.'
Just makes me - oh, I dunno. Content? Everyone I've met who talks about one happening to someone they know are just happy for the couple. The papers are going on about Elton John's stag night and party after. Partially because of this whole silly 'civil partnership' phrase they use. *Everyone* refers to them as marriages. They don't ask when someone is getting partnerised, they asked when they're getting married. The media talk about marriages, the public talks about them as marriages. I think it's just a few idiots who insist that the word marriage is sacred and a religious thing. As far as the rest of the country's concerned, it's just the word you use when two people are legally bound together. Because last I looked, more people got married at registry offices than religious ceremonies. Marriage is marriage, it's got nothing to do with religion, and it's less unwieldy as a phrase than 'civil partnership'. Which is why everyone uses it. I bet you the phrase is going to be phased out within a couple of years anyway.
But... y'know, content. Very little fuss, most people just going 'oh, so-and-so is getting married' and the reaction in the media to Elton John getting married is about the same - actually less fussy - than when Posh married Becks. Except for jokes about how they're glad David Furnish organised the decor for the party rather than Elton, since can you imagine the sight if it'd been Elton let loose?
Me : '...Theo's a lesbian?'
Gem : 'Didn't you know?'
Me : 'Never thought about it. When's the wedding, then?'
Gem : 'Claire'll know, she's the one sent round the card.'
Just makes me - oh, I dunno. Content? Everyone I've met who talks about one happening to someone they know are just happy for the couple. The papers are going on about Elton John's stag night and party after. Partially because of this whole silly 'civil partnership' phrase they use. *Everyone* refers to them as marriages. They don't ask when someone is getting partnerised, they asked when they're getting married. The media talk about marriages, the public talks about them as marriages. I think it's just a few idiots who insist that the word marriage is sacred and a religious thing. As far as the rest of the country's concerned, it's just the word you use when two people are legally bound together. Because last I looked, more people got married at registry offices than religious ceremonies. Marriage is marriage, it's got nothing to do with religion, and it's less unwieldy as a phrase than 'civil partnership'. Which is why everyone uses it. I bet you the phrase is going to be phased out within a couple of years anyway.
But... y'know, content. Very little fuss, most people just going 'oh, so-and-so is getting married' and the reaction in the media to Elton John getting married is about the same - actually less fussy - than when Posh married Becks. Except for jokes about how they're glad David Furnish organised the decor for the party rather than Elton, since can you imagine the sight if it'd been Elton let loose?
