Abstract
SUMMARY The last decade has witnessed a polemical debate over the merits of same-sex marriage. The crux of this acrimonious debate, the question of legalization, has entered the political vernacular, manifesting in Canada in form of the Civil Marriage Act (2005) and in the United States in form of the recently defeated Federal Marriage Amendment (2006). In this paper, I endeavor to forward the cause for same-sex marriage from the standpoint of queer theory. It will be underscored, however, that the institution of marriage–even when afforded to individuals engaged in same-sex relationships–should not be accepted imprudently. By historicizing and politicizing marriage, this paper will explain why the fundamental ethos undergirding marriage, that is heteronormativity and patriarchy, is inconsistent with some of the core tenets defining queer theory.
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