My Wedding Wishlist 2004

Things I'd like to see happen within the next week:

- Gavin Newsom not being the only mayor in the United States willing to stand up for equality.
I think he's the bravest elected official in the country and his unflinching commitment to protecting the rights of all the citizens of his state is an example everyone ought to follow.

- Same-sex newlyweds and witnesses to their weddings telling their story to family, friends and their communities.
The best way to combat hatred and fear over this issue is to make sure that people know banning same-sex marriages isn't a generic act against some horrible imaginary monsters somewhere out there, it's a specific decision to deny the right of your best friend's nephew to marry his high school sweetheart and to void the public acknowledgement of the bond between those lovely two elderly ladies who were so helpful when you first moved into the neighborhood and to tell your child's school chum that his daddies don't deserve to be treated the same as any other parents and to reject your sister's request that you witness her committing the rest of her life to be with the woman she loves. It's personal and if you think no one you love or like or respect is going to be affected by it, you're very probably wrong.

- Well-known same-sex couples who have made life commitments to each other travelling to San Francisco to get married.
If the President tries to put forward a constitutional amendment to deny marriage rights to same-sex couples, I want people to think of it as a proposal to annul the marriages of people who have touched their lives.

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My Wedding Wishlist

Things I'd like to see happen within the next week:

- Gavin Newsom not being the only mayor in the United States willing to stand up for equality.
I think he's the bravest elected official in the country and his unflinching commitment to protecting the rights of all the citizens of his state is an example everyone ought to follow.

- Same-sex newlyweds and witnesses to their weddings telling their story to family, friends and their communities.
The best way to combat hatred and fear over this issue is to make sure that people know banning same-sex marriages isn't a generic act against some horrible imaginary monsters somewhere out there, it's a specific decision to deny the right of your best friend's nephew to marry his high school sweetheart and to void the public acknowledgement of the bond between those lovely two elderly ladies who were so helpful when you first moved into the neighborhood and to tell your child's school chum that his daddies don't deserve to be treated the same as any other parents and to reject your sister's request that you witness her committing the rest of her life to be with the woman she loves. It's personal and if you think no one you love or like or respect is going to be affected by it, you're very probably wrong.

- Well-known same-sex couples who have made life commitments to each other travelling to San Francisco to get married.
If the President tries to put forward a constitutional amendment to deny marriage rights to same-sex couples, I want people to think of it as a proposal to annul the marriages of people who have touched their lives.

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