The queer argument against same sex marraige?

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, editor of That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation, has an interesting piece in Alternet where she argues that “gay marriage does nothing to address fundamental problems of inequality.”

What is needed is universal access to basic necessities like housing, health care, food, and the benefits now obtained through citizenship (like the right to stay in this country). Legalized gay marriage means only that certain people in a specific type of long-term, monogamous relationship sanctioned by a state contract might be able to access benefits. While marriage could confer inclusion under a spouse’s health-care policy, it does nothing to provide such a policy. Marriage might ensure hospital visitation rights, but not for anyone without a spouse. Marriage may allow for inheritance rights between spouses, but what if there is nothing to inherit?

What do you think?