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Under The Actioneer’s Hammer- One Right To Get Married

12/09/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire
Jamie Frevele is auctioning her right to marry to the highest bidder on eBay and the proceeds are to go to The Point Foundation. According to The Point Foundation, it’s mission “seeks the partnership of philanthropic individuals, corporations and foundations to supply financial support, professional guidance and a network of contacts for undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students who are underprivileged and/or have been socially marginalized — principally by reason of sexual orientation, gender expression or gender identity.”

Why would a straight woman be auctioning off her right to marry? Well, according to Ms Frevele, ” A lot of people just don’t believe all adults should be allowed to get married, usually for religious reasons, which is silly because you need to obtain a license from the state to get married, and there’s a separation of church and state in this country, so denying someone the right to get married based on their sexual orientation is actually against the Constitution.” She is joining a growing group of straight individuals who are challenging the rationale of many anti-marriage groups in order to show support for the rights of LGBT-Americans. Her add on eBay goes further in stating “I’m an unmarried heterosexual woman, and since I probably won’t be using my right to get married, I would like to give it away. I would like to sell it to the highest bidder and donate the proceeds to an organization that supports LGBT rights since the government designed to protect all of us is picking and choosing based on what they think is icky, weird, or unkown to them.”

“Bid now, and you can have my super wonderful privilege and legal ability to get married as many times as you want in a classy place like the one pictured. You don’t have to know the person, you don’t have to like them, you don’t have to think through your decision to get married or anything – you can just do it! Because you can! Come on, it’s cool to get married, and think of the pictures you’ll have to show people of this person that they will definitely think is so wrong for you and probably is! But heavens to BETSY, do NOT marry someone of the same gender because that would be a mockery of the institution of marriage.”

She does state that she does not have any documentation granting her the right to get married in order to transfer it to someone since it is something that she was born with. “I will write you up a fancy, wonderful, articulate proclamation handing over my right to get married. I have no official documentation because this is something I was born with since I was born heterosexual. Unfortunately, this is only a symbolic gesture. However, since I’m picky and difficult, it’s probably something that, if a physical object, would have been considered pristine and shiny after some dusting. Your bid, on the other hand, is real, and the donation you make to an organization that supports those who have been treated as second-class citizens will be well worth it.”

So far, Ms Frevele has raised $327.00 as of this writing, and there have been a total of 32 bids.