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All morning long, I’ve been crying on and off following the Supreme Court decision. I can’t believe it. Finally! At long last! Marriage Equality! Heterosexual couples are not affected by this. No church will be forced to do anything they don’t want to do. This doesn’t change anything. It just means that us second-class citizens – we social deviants – we going-“straight”-to-hell-sodomites are no longer second-class citizens. And ya know what? IT FEELS AMAZING!
Let me tell you, friends and family. For the vast majority of time, I really have tried to stay positive about things. After all, I have a ton of friends, feel a massive amount of support, and have an incredibly loving husband. But each and every day since we’ve been together, there has been something not right. It had nothing to do with us, but about society. We weren’t equal. You know that feeling you get when you show up to a party or a gathering and everybody is wearing the exact same shirt in some sort of statement, except for you because you didn’t get the memo? No matter what, you always feel some sense of awkwardness like the one who doesn’t belong or as the odd man out. Yah, our lives. At least, until today. We are equal – absolute, complete, permanent, and 100%.
We’ve come a long way – American, and me and my hubby personally. I think back to eleven years ago. Gods, I can’t believe it was that long ago! I was so nervous! We got the word that mayor Gavin Newsome up in San Francisco ordered the clerk to change the pronouns on the marriage licenses to allow same-gender marriage. We didn’t have time to get nostalgic or plan anything elaborate. It was more like, “are you thinking what I’m thinking?” So as soon as we were able to get through on the phone to make the appointment, we requested the next couple of days off of work so that we could hop on a plane and head up to San Francisco. And then, under the beautiful rotunda of the San Francisco City Hall, in the middle of a crowd of other nervous and excited same-gender couples, we were married.
Of course, that controversial joy was short lived. Two days after we were married, the courts ordered an immediate cease-and-desist of same-gender marriages. And a few months later, the courts decided to nullify our marriage. Imagine how that felt – to get a form letter from the courts informing you that your marriage has been nullified.
In time, a class-action suit led to the legalization of marriage in California, which was briefly interrupted by the thinly-veiled bigotry known as Prop 8, which was then overturned to allow marriage again in California. But it was still all incomplete… until today.
Today is a major day of victory. But I can’t help but take some personal pride and appreciation for having been a piece of history. We, along with 4,032 other couples in this state, were part of the initial movement that has now become law of the land. And this little piece of paper has now become, a piece of history…
Let me tell you, friends and family. For the vast majority of time, I really have tried to stay positive about things. After all, I have a ton of friends, feel a massive amount of support, and have an incredibly loving husband. But each and every day since we’ve been together, there has been something not right. It had nothing to do with us, but about society. We weren’t equal. You know that feeling you get when you show up to a party or a gathering and everybody is wearing the exact same shirt in some sort of statement, except for you because you didn’t get the memo? No matter what, you always feel some sense of awkwardness like the one who doesn’t belong or as the odd man out. Yah, our lives. At least, until today. We are equal – absolute, complete, permanent, and 100%.
We’ve come a long way – American, and me and my hubby personally. I think back to eleven years ago. Gods, I can’t believe it was that long ago! I was so nervous! We got the word that mayor Gavin Newsome up in San Francisco ordered the clerk to change the pronouns on the marriage licenses to allow same-gender marriage. We didn’t have time to get nostalgic or plan anything elaborate. It was more like, “are you thinking what I’m thinking?” So as soon as we were able to get through on the phone to make the appointment, we requested the next couple of days off of work so that we could hop on a plane and head up to San Francisco. And then, under the beautiful rotunda of the San Francisco City Hall, in the middle of a crowd of other nervous and excited same-gender couples, we were married.
Of course, that controversial joy was short lived. Two days after we were married, the courts ordered an immediate cease-and-desist of same-gender marriages. And a few months later, the courts decided to nullify our marriage. Imagine how that felt – to get a form letter from the courts informing you that your marriage has been nullified.
In time, a class-action suit led to the legalization of marriage in California, which was briefly interrupted by the thinly-veiled bigotry known as Prop 8, which was then overturned to allow marriage again in California. But it was still all incomplete… until today.
Today is a major day of victory. But I can’t help but take some personal pride and appreciation for having been a piece of history. We, along with 4,032 other couples in this state, were part of the initial movement that has now become law of the land. And this little piece of paper has now become, a piece of history…
