On September 29, 2007 I married the love of my life. No one tried to stop me. Our family and friends gathered, drank (a lot), danced, and celebrated with us the joy that we’ve found in each other. Every day when I wake up next to my husband, I’m grateful that I get to experience marriage, because it truly is a wonderful thing to share your life with another person. I still giggle a little every time I get to call Scott my Husband.
As a newlywed, and a human being, I’m deeply saddened that not everyone has the legal right to experience that very same thing. If you love someone, and you want to spend your life with that person – start a family with them – grow old with them, I believe that you should be able to do that, no questions asked. The fact that same-sex marriage is up for debate is both baffling and sickening to me. This isn’t a question anyone should get to decide for you. This is a commitment to be made between two people, without the interference of their government, or worse, a religious movement that’s not even their own.
Today, the California Supreme Court failed to overturn Prop 8, the proposition which stripped same-sex couples of the right to marry. Although the fight will wage on, it’s a heartbreaking day for everyone who has worked so hard for the equailty this country claims to pride itself on, but still, after all these years, fails to practice. If you want to get involved in the fight to win marriage back, you can visit the EQ CA website here: www.eqca.org/overturn8