MSNBC host Thomas Roberts says he and
husband Patrick Abner most likely would not have entered a civil
union.
Roberts, one
of three openly gay MSBNC personalities, discussed his fall
marriage during an appearance on MSNBC's The Cycle.
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Thomas Roberts, Patrick Abner marry in New York.)
In discussing a Supreme Court case
related to marriage equality, Roberts recommended the institution.
“I don't think that we would have
gone for a civil union,” Roberts said. “There wouldn't have been
a point to us to achieve that. Getting married in the fall was
something really personal and really incredible that we got to
experience with our families there supporting us, our loved ones.
So, I highly recommend it. I think it's great. It's only made our
lives better.”
“It's about time for people not to be
separate but equal. The otherness, it's time for that to go away.”
Gays “have boring marriages, just
like heterosexual people. It's not anything hypersexualized,”
Thomas added. (The video is embedded on this page. Visit
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