but it bends toward justice

[intrepia]

I've been cleaning my parents' basement this week, sorting through boxes upon boxes that have sat untouched for years. And among the mountains of refuse, I've found some notable childhood artifacts

Comments

[comedychick]

That. Is. Awesome. Is stuff like that that make me realise I should pay more attention to the news.

I really liked the way you conveyed the message, too.

[beautyofgrey]

Beautiful.

[olifhar]

I wasn't paying much attention and didn't think it was actually gonna happen. Damned glad it did!

I would have marked the same choice on the survey ten years ago too--neutral. My mixed feelings a lot to do with my devout Catholicism at the time. Turns out I had a lot of preconceptions about gay people--when I met my friend Eric at NYU orientation the next year, I never even considered he was gay. When he later mentioned this to me, it took about five minutes to shift my entrenched conceptualizations. I'm so grateful I had that opportunity to change my mind!

[intrepia]

It sounds like we traveled the same trajectory: my ambivalence was related to my religious beliefs at the time, and I changed my mind by becoming friends with gay people/realizing that some of my friends were gay.

[right]

Well said, as always.

But it's sad that a liberal state legalizing same-sex marriage is supposed to be a milestone.

I'm getting impatient.

[intrepia]

If you don't think of it as a milestone, that might already be a sign of how far we've come.

I know that's probably not encouraging. But we will keep fighting for this, and we will get there. You and I will see it happen. <3

[satyresque]

It was a great day in history! Thank you for your help!