At last, I do
AP Photo/Eric Risberg
After a long legal battle, gay and lesbian couples in
Del Martin (pictured, left) and Phyllis Lyon, who have been together for 50 years, became the first couple to wed; and were married by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (standing behind them) at City Hall.
Martin and Lyon were co-founders of the first major lesbian organisation in the
“When we first got together, we were not really thinking about getting married, we were thinking about getting together,”
You know, somehow I kinda think they've forgotten that bit in the Bible about 'God is love'...
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Not to be ignored though is the issue in Australia -- it's disappointing that our politicians on both sides of politics (conservative, or more conservative) dismiss this issue even though the number of people it potentially effects is so large and that it seems inevitable given demographic trends (i.e., most young people think its fine). Some party should take credit for being the first to do it.
As to when we get same-sex marriage in Australia - it's only a matter of time...
Seriously, it's sweet that it those two were first, even though my inner cynic wonders if somebody clever engineered it - great publicity.
Del and Phyllis were the first couple to be wed in California a couple of years ago, in the brief month before the courts cracked down on Mayor Newsom's deliberate act of civil disobedience. But for me, that matters less than their enduring love for each other, which has outlasted decades of bigotry.
Love prevails, it seems: a message which puts my inner cynic to shame.
I'm happy this couple was brought to worldwide attention. Imagine how paranoid and secretive they must have been to set up a gay organisation in 1955. Good for them.
Now where is that same-sex marriage orgy, I want a ticket.