Not because...
... it's the popular thing to do. It's the -right- thing to do. If that were the only reason, I don't think I'd be posting this. In fact, I had pretty much steadfastly ignored the bandwagon of posting the "Marriage is Love" banner; I had no desire to trivialize something I feel very strongly about and put it on a level of a meme.
People have been slamming Rosie O'Donnell for wanting to marry her girlfriend in San Francisco this week. Frankly, I think it's remarkably courageous that she is taking her "celebrity" stature and adding it to the everyman's voice by standing up for this. Good for her-- good for them! I wish them a long and happy marriage.
This morning, the radio announcer reading the morning news mentioned that a small town 75 miles outside of New York City is joining San Francisco in legalizing same-gender marriages. I'm proud of NY for joining in this fight by opening up the availability of gay/lesbian marriages in this state, even if the state later voids them. People who love each other and want to be bound together in such a fashion should honored and not discriminated against, no matter the gender of the participants. Love is love. If you really love someone, heart and soul, the body is just a shell that houses them and the gender of that shell is utterly meaningless.
Marriage is love.
People have been slamming Rosie O'Donnell for wanting to marry her girlfriend in San Francisco this week. Frankly, I think it's remarkably courageous that she is taking her "celebrity" stature and adding it to the everyman's voice by standing up for this. Good for her-- good for them! I wish them a long and happy marriage.
This morning, the radio announcer reading the morning news mentioned that a small town 75 miles outside of New York City is joining San Francisco in legalizing same-gender marriages. I'm proud of NY for joining in this fight by opening up the availability of gay/lesbian marriages in this state, even if the state later voids them. People who love each other and want to be bound together in such a fashion should honored and not discriminated against, no matter the gender of the participants. Love is love. If you really love someone, heart and soul, the body is just a shell that houses them and the gender of that shell is utterly meaningless.
Marriage is love.