Don't Divorce My Friends

On December 19th, Ken Starr and the Proposition 8 Legal Defense Fund filed legal briefs defending Proposition 8 as Constitutional and seeking to nullify the marriages of 18,000 same-sex couples who had legally wed in the state of California before Prop 8 passed. On March 5th, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in this case.

Check out this video, Fidelity and please sign the letter at Courage Campaign to preserve Constitutional equality and to treat all citizens with dignity and respect!!!

To quote Sean Penn's brilliant Oscar acceptance speech:

I think that it is a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to sit and reflect and anticipate their great shame and the shame in their grandchildren's eyes if they continue that way of support. We've got to have equal rights for everyone.

How it's supposed to look

Yesterday I attended the wedding of a gay couple who has been together in a loving, committed relationship for 22 years.

Twenty two years.

It was a simple ceremony, out in a quiet garden. There was a lot of laughing and a lot of tears. Everyone brought food to share, and in lieu of gifts, M & B requested that people make donations to Equality for All, to stop Proposition 8 from passing in California.

And as the wedding officiant proudly proclaimed, "And now, by the powers vested in my by the State of California..." everyone broke into spontaneous applause.

Really, this is the way it's supposed to be.