[Ansteorra] Same-Sex Consorts

[matthiasthebrewer at cox.net]

All I meant to say (and I wasn't very clear) is that I think (and this is just my opinion) is that the job of Crown in Ansteorra is best suited for two people.  One person alone on the throne would probably go crazy from all of the responsibilities.  I just don't care what combination of  male/females sits on the throne.  


---- Jeffrey Clark <jmclark85 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> "All giggling and jest aside, I really don't see that this matters.  As
> long as there are two rulers (ok, I AM biased against having a single ruler
> even if it IS period) who cares which one (if either) wears pants and which
> one (if either) wears skirts?"
> 
> Soooo... disallowing a king/king or queen/queen is unfair to one group of
> people, and that's not okay; but forcing a royal pair is unfair to another,
> but that's fine?
> 
> What about the many enterants to crown tourny who don't have a significant
> other, or who's SO doesn't want to be consort (or who -- heaven forbid --
> doesn't play), and are forced to pick a potential queen?
> 
> The way I see it, the main difference between the modern person and the
> period is the significance of tradition. The modern person tends to be more
> than happy to throw out tradition when tradition proves inconvenient. The
> period mindset was less "progressive" or "pragmatic" and much more
> conservative when it came to changing things. Really, the dream we try to
> create isn't that historical but really a romanticized ideal, the idea of
> "fighting for the one you love" was mostly a 19th century conception of our
> period. A king and queen who loved each other? How many monarchs married
> for political reasons?
> 
> Of course, how many heavy fighters -- who will actually enter crown, are
> being offended or frustrated by the requirement to have an opposite
> gender/sex consort sponsoring them?What about the number of people who
> offended or frustrated by the requirement to have a consort? What about
> those who would make good royals, but currently don't qualify simply by
> virtue that they are not heavy fighters: how many of them are
> offended/frustrated that they can't sit on the throne unless a heavy
> fighter wins crown and chooses them as the consort?
> 
> The king and queen, first and foremost, are symbols -- and very complex and
> important ones. The image of the king and queen is entrenched in the
> traditions of the SCA, and the things that they stand for (as a couple and
> as individuals) have their own traditions built on them... and we are going
> to throw it away because? A marginal number of people might be offended
> that they have to have an opposite-gender consort?
> 
> Is it really worth it?
> 
> -- Alessandro Zorzi
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