I had a love marriage, as opposed to the families making arrangements.
Interestingly, Peel also looked into the reasons why people might feel hesitant about marriage as opposed to civil partnerships.
At its most substantial, the play dramatizes a debate among members of the left about the importance of fighting for marriage as opposed to other civil rights issues.
So the provision of "marriage" as opposed to the provision of same-sex or heterosexual civil unions, is intimately bound up with questions of religious freedom.
That could push any further development on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage – as opposed to the constitutionality of refusing to recognize those marriages that individual states have legalized – until next summer.
In India, had we married, we would have been able to tell people ours was a "love marriage" as opposed to an arranged one (it is a surprisingly common question).
In fact, though I am painfully conscious of the tax that I pay, I am not even sure I could tell you, hand on heart, precisely what impact marriage (as opposed to co-habitation) has on our family tax affairs.
In a piece curiously illustrated with a picture of Rudd kissing his own reflection in a broken mirror, Cater writes: "In the suburbs Labor needs to capture or retain in Victoria, NSW and Queensland, not only are same-sex quotas below the national average, but there are other factors that suggest strong resistance to gay marriage, as opposed to mere indifference".
Indeed, placing these restrictions only on marriage, as opposed to enacting general default rules, may make marriage less attractive, especially to men, and hence be counter-productive, leaving women more vulnerable.
The juiciest irony of all is the inclusive nature of same-sex marriage, as opposed to its commonly critiqued exclusivity.
