Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni Get Married
Three years after getting engaged at a rally to support same-sex marriage in New York – which was not legal at the time – Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni were married Sunday.
"My recent comments in The New York Times were about me and my personal story of being gay. I believe we all have different ways we came to the gay community and we can’t and shouldn’t be pigeon-holed into one cultural narrative which can be uninclusive and disempowering. However, to the extent that anyone wishes to interpret my words in a strictly legal context I would like to clarify: While I don’t often use the word, the technically precise term for my orientation is bisexual. I believe bisexuality is not a choice, it is a fact. What I have ‘chosen’ is to be in a gay relationship"
— Cynthia Nixon, speaking to the Advocate
The problem is that this is not just about what Cynthia Nixon “feels.” It requires more rigorous thinking about what identity and choice really entail. Nixon’s comments further muddy a matter that sometimes seems to stem from a vast but rather simple confusion in American thinking. To paraphrase President Clinton, the question depends on what the meaning of “it” is. When I hear “it’s a choice” (or “it’s not a choice”), I can only make sense of the statement if I know if we’re discussing same-sex attraction or same-sex action.
