To be perfectly honest, I haven’t been in the best of moods lately. I’ve been in a foul ass, irritable, slippery slope of up and down and frankly even I’m sick of it. Nothing’s triggered it, I’m not upset about anything in particular, and I’ve had a lot of things go right recently. And then this morning, on May 26, 2009, the state Supreme Court ruled in favor of upholding the ban on same-sex marriages in California (the highly visible and talked about Prop 8, known not just in our fair state, but across the country and around the world).
So you don’t like me. Okay. Cool. Good to know where you stand.
What have I ever done to you? What does me, and the thousands of gays and lesbians who want to embrace and engage in marriage do to you and yours? You know that you’re still married, right? You are still the same person you ever were. We’re just over here and married, and you’re just over there and married.
Fine. But you know this isn’t over, right?
We will fight. We will fight for what is right, for what’s equal for all people, and we won’t stop until we get there. Separate water fountains aren’t good enough. The back of the bus isn’t good enough. And sorry, civil unions aren’t good enough.
And that thing you like to do where you throw that, “Well if two men want to get married, then why can’t I marry a palm tree?” crap at me, I’m tracking you down, I’m knocking on your door, and we’re going to have a conversation. Who the hell wants to marry a palm tree, anyway?
Look, I don’t see myself as some activist. I get up, I go to work, I take pictures, I go out to eat, and I hang out with my friends. I’m not even dating anyone, let alone close to embarking on the big deal that I gather marriage to be. But what have we ever done to be treated so unfairly with respect to being married?
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