So true…
- Posted by greybird on February 22nd, 2004 filed in Blogger Import
SFgate.com Photo Gallery: Same-Sex Marriage Revolution
Also check out Ephemera: Justly Married.
The absolute love and joy in these photos makes my eyes leak something fierce. I’m hoping Mel and I will have an opportunity to get married soon.
Links liberated from Erica and Deborah (because I am still too fuzzy to blog for myself).
February 22nd, 2004 at 11:34 pm
I have to admit that I was also very touched by the pictures… the photo of the older couple touched me the most. I can’t imagine living my entire life with someone and not being able to marry then because other people see my lifestyle or choice of mate as deviant. That, in and of itself, is deviant: to deny someone their pursuit of happiness, which (the last time I checked) was part of our Constitution.
I posted a link (and the picture, too) of that poster as well as a link to the online shop it’s sold at. I think that it’s a really well-done poster, and one that will hopefully go down in history as one that marked an important event that helped bring about true equality for all our citizens, not just the hetero ones.
February 23rd, 2004 at 7:12 pm
Hey, have at ‘em! The pictures are too happy not to share. I am totally not the softie type and I’m still getting a little lump in my throat after dozens of flips through these galleries.
February 24th, 2004 at 2:20 am
Ahnold’s saying that he’s afraid that the Same Sex Marriage Rebellion is going to cause "civil unrest". Makes me think that he’s looking for the opportunity to play The Terminator for real. But against who?
February 24th, 2004 at 12:43 pm
Before the imbecile got into office, we gays were pretty docile re: our civil rights. Now that Bush has stirred the pot with his stupid talk of a constitutional amendment, the backlash is precisely what he and his ilk deserve.
February 24th, 2004 at 12:49 pm
"The older couple," Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, were authors of a book I read in the 70’s when I was discovering my own lesbianism.
The book helped me to accept myself in spite of the huge stigma society levied on gays back then.
How nice it was to see them get married after 51 years of being a couple.
What harm would it do anyone to make their marriage legal?
March 3rd, 2004 at 9:36 pm
Beautiful pics.
March 4th, 2004 at 3:51 pm
I showed the pics to a straight colleague here at work and she cried. She also said everyone needs to see those.
March 4th, 2004 at 3:52 pm
I said, amen.