Opinion | Hayes hits out at Prop 8 |
| Written by Darren Hayes |
 I WANT TO GROW OLD WITH YOUMarriage, yet again, has been re-defined, with the passage of Proposition 8. Some agree, others don’t. Here, singer Darren Hayes tells what marriage means to him. This is a picture of Richard and I recently in Paris. We’re married. Some folks in California decided to change the American Constitution to legislate that this right should not be given to gay people in California. Presumably because of what gay people will do to the definition of marriage. Just so we are clear, this is our definition of marriage: We want to grow old together. We love each other so much that we want to share our lives together, forever. We are monogamous. We’re faithful. We’re in it for the long haul. Sometimes we argue over who’[s turn it is to make a cup of tea, but for the most part we are soul mates. If, God forbid, one of us should fall ill, one of us will take care of the other one. If, God forbid, one of us should pass away suddenly, we would want our estate to go to the one of us who survives. We’d like other stuff too, like, you know, the same tax breaks as other married couples and the civil rights you would extend any other committed couple in the free world. And to be able to be respected and receive the same rights that everyone else has. But mostly, we just want to grow old together. We’re really lucky that the country we live in [United Kingdom] allows for same-sex partners to receive all of these things. But some folks in California recently decided that some Americans did not deserve this same respect. So for those people who voted to ‘ban’ gay marriage, to take away a right and permanently discriminate against a minority group – I wanted to share this picture of Richard and I. It’s us, tearing down the fabric of good society and the sanctity of marriage in Paris. Lock up your children! Darren Hayes is an Australian musician and performer based in the UK, where he lives with his partner, Richard. They entered a civil partnership in 2006. This is an edited extract of his blog at MySpace. Go to myspace.com/darrenhayes
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