Way to go, Time Magazine.

http://www.time.com/time/pr/magcovers/4813.jpg

Anyone else a little pissed? I'm a little pissed. Something a little more on the theme of equality would have been more humbling, like a gay couple with kids?

Regardless of the headline and intentions of the journalists, I see this accomplishing nothing more than warping already warped perceptions.

Thoughts?

The same can be said of Will and Grace. Some called it ground breaking, I called it reinforcing stereotypes. I think what time is going for is the wedding day kiss. Not looking at the article I'm indifferent.

Of course I believe that we should have every freedom and right that out heterosexual counterparts have. However, I'm also realistic in the I recognize that we aren't going to get all of them at once. Instead, it will be done piecemeal.

I would also have to say that just like not all heterosexual couples that want to get married want kids, not all homosexual couples that want to get married want kids. My fiancee and I are perfect examples.

Personally, I think the title along with the accompanying photos are appropriate.

I think I get that their intention was to say something like: "If this disgusts you then that's your defect not theirs." But it's definitely not going to be taken that way by those who oppose oppose same sex marriage. It's not what I would have chosen, a picture of a family with same sex parents or even a couple standing at the altar would have been the way I'd have gone.

I'm guessing that there are going to be the black plastic flip dealies in front of the magazines at some newsstands, like the ones they put up when the Cosmo model shows too much skin and suchlike.

Thanks for the discussion, guys. :) I'd say it's a pretty bold cover for a mainstream news magazine any way you look at it. Damn stigma.

And, you can't argue the headline as it bears truth.

But for the more conservative folk, this isn't exactly the image i would have in mind to have a discussion, well it is and it isn't. Nonethless, this week these covers are on every major newsstand in the country.

While i get that not everyone wants kids (i have no plans, personally), it still leaves me uneasy and for them to go this route, but hell, it's a dose of reality and it just might work.

I'll keep the faith on this one. After all, the close of the DOMA hearings still left the bill's supporters without really having much to work with to uphold constitutionality, and there are a lot of other people out there on our side.

Best,
Steve.

I for one love this cover.
My mother saw it and instantly showed me.
She said, "I saw then I instantly saw you on your wedding day!"

She and I haven been listening to The Supreme Court on CSPAN.

I think it is a step forward.
It puts the image right out there into peoples faces, and it's not as though its pornography!
Besides, As Rasilek said regarding a same sex couple with children, those images have been out before.
For example, JCPenny had an image of two women with a child in their store.
Someone complained about it, and their response was to put up a picture of two men and their child.

So all in all, the important thing is that we are moving forward. This Times Magazine Cover, is just another helpful step. At least I think so, ya know?

This is intentionally pushing the envelope to gin up controversy, thus sales and page views. The black barriers in grocery stores are an intentional outcome that will lead to news coverage.

I, for one, don't really mind. It might start a conversation. It's not going to offend anyone whose opinion I particularly care about.

I'm glad Time put this on their cover! The people that have a problem with this need to question why they feel the way they do in light of the change in public perception regarding gay marriage.

Quote by Rasilek

Anyone else a little pissed? I'm a little pissed. Something a little more on the theme of equality would have been more humbling, like a gay couple with kids

I'd argue that what you're proposing isn't a theme of 'equality', but instead 'assimilation'. Not all gay couples are going to have or want children, the picket fence, and the house in the 'burbs. Hell, not all heterosexual couples want that. Two friends of mine are a straight couple who refer to each other as partners and have no plans of getting married or having children. (They do, however, have a menagerie of cats and dogs.)

I really like this cover. It says to hell with society's "ick factor" of seeing same-sex kissing and puts the very basic idea of same-sex attraction and love front and center.

The current fight over marriage equality and the rights of the queer community is also a good opportunity for this country to examine its bizarre obsession with everyone assimilating into a single 'one size fits all' life track. Some people want kids, others don't. Some want a house, others want an apartment. Now that society is accepting the idea that a life can be made with a same-sex partner, it's a great time to start opening it's mind to other ideas outside the norm as well.