Publisher's Synopsis
This book provides the solution to the gay marriage debate by making a simple suggestion: Remove civil rights from marriage for both gays and straights. This move would provide gays with the legal rights and responsibilities of marriage while allowing right-wing religious followers to protect the sanctity of their beliefs. The Anonymous, MD points to modern-day baptisms and funerals, which show how religious ceremonies already co-exist with civil traditions.
Marriage should not be a civil right for anyone. Instead, it should be a commitment that defines a non-legal relationship. A civil union, on the other hand, should be a commitment that defines a legal relationship, and that legal relationship should be a civil right for anyone. Civil unions -- not marriages -- should be required for anyone seeking legal relationship status.
In Gays Ain't Got a Civil Right to Get Married! (neither do straights), The Anonymous, MD takes readers on a personal journey to demonstrate how this issue affects everyone -- even those who are not on one of the two hotly-contested sides. The Anonymous, MD is neither for nor against gay marriage but wants to overcome the lack of logic used to frame the current debate. In this book, The Anonymous, MD offers examples of canon law and civil rights, politicians and prostitutes, Catholics and Mormons, S/M and incense, and gay-sex and the afterlife to graphically illustrate the sensibly simple solution.
The Anonymous, MD graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in philosophy and pre-med. He is a board-certified physician currently practicing medicine and has been a lecturer and author for his surgical specialty. He lives out West with his wife and dog and enjoys reading, hiking and performing surgery. For more information, visit the book's website www.everyoneshappy.com.
The author can be contacted at theanonymousmd@gmail.com.
