Gay Marriage Legalized in Riverdale! Archie Comics Features Same-Sex Wedding!
If they can do it in Riverdale, why can’t they do it everywhere?
Yes, Riverdale is a fictional town in which cartoon characters live. But this is progress, baby!
Last week, in the comic book, Life With Archie #16, gay character Kevin Keller got married, according to The Huffington Post. Raise a glass to the groom and groom!
Kevin becomes injured while serving in Iraq, and while recovering in a hospital, he meets an African-American doctor, with whom he falls in love.
Kevin was introduced to the Riverdale gang nearly two years ago because he’s supposed to be a reflection of “what’s going on with kids today in the real world,” Archie Comics CEO said in a recent interview with CNN.
The marriage received front page treatment, as all marriages should.
Does Kevin’s marriage — albeit in the funny pages — give you hope for the future of gay marriage? Or is a comic just a comic?
Image: Archie Comics
I always thought of Archie comics as a bit on the conservative side (haven’t read them since I was young) but good for them.
Nice!
What next, Veronica having an abortion?
ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww gross
jessica: if that’s what she chooses ;p ill take it, you have an issue with homosexual marriage? shame…
anna: why is that gross?
This may get a lot of negative (and positive) comments, but frankly I find this whole thing absurd. They don’t make a big deal about a man and a woman getting married, so why make a big deal out of gay marriage? Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. I don’t throw it in your face that I’m a heterosexual, Christian woman who has certain ideals and beliefs, so why throw it in my face that you don’t believe what I do and that it is two men getting what they called “married?” If they want to do that, fine. If two women want to do that, fine. If a man and a woman do that, fine. But let it be people. Just let it be.