ABSTRACT This article argues for the necessity of a queer anti-homophobic critique of same-sex marriage in the South African context. The literature on same-sex marriage in South Africa before and after the passing of the Civil Union Act 2006, while acknowledging queer critique, resolves such critique in favour of the ‘right’ to marry. From a queer point of view, same-sex marriage is problematic because it renews the distinctions between moral and immoral, it is antithetical to the politics of the gay and lesbian movement, it ‘undoes’ a long history of feminist research where it is argued that marriage is patriarchal and oppressive and finally, it cannot transform the exclusionary nature of marriage. I use Jane Bennett’s ‘“Solemnis(ing) beginnings”: Theories of same-sex marriage in the USA and South Africa’ (2015) as evidence of the most recent example of this point of view. In the course of my critique of Bennett’s article, I will also refer to all of the published literature on the same-sex marriage debate in South Africa. I argue that the opportunity to incorporate queer critiques of same-sex marriage might have been lost 12 years ago but there is no reason why we cannot have these conversations now. The aim of this article is to ignite such a conversation.

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南非对同性婚姻的酷儿批评在哪里？

摘要 本文主张在南非背景下对同性婚姻进行酷儿反同性恋批判的必要性。2006 年《民事结合法》通过前后有关南非同性婚姻的文献，虽然承认酷儿批评，但解决了这种批评，支持“权利”结婚。从酷儿的角度来看，同性婚姻是有问题的，因为它更新了道德和不道德之间的区别，它与同性恋运动的政治对立，它“破坏”了女性主义研究的悠久历史，在那里它被争论婚姻是父权制和压迫性的，最后，它无法改变婚姻的排他性。我使用 Jane Bennett 的“Solemnis(ing) begins”：美国和南非的同性婚姻理论”（2015 年）作为这种观点的最新例子的证据。在我批评 Bennett 的文章的过程中，我还将参考所有已发表的关于南非同性婚姻辩论的文献。我认为，纳入对同性婚姻的酷儿批评的机会在 12 年前可能已经失去，但我们现在没有理由不能进行这些对话。这篇文章的目的是点燃这样的对话。我认为，纳入对同性婚姻的酷儿批评的机会在 12 年前可能已经失去，但我们现在没有理由不能进行这些对话。这篇文章的目的是点燃这样的对话。我认为，纳入对同性婚姻的酷儿批评的机会在 12 年前可能已经失去，但我们现在没有理由不能进行这些对话。这篇文章的目的是点燃这样的对话。