My daughter literally embracing Pridefest! Day 28: Today is a two-fold gratitude day...I am thankful that last Friday, Wisconsin finally joined the ranks of allowing the Gay community to legally marry. And I am thankful that my children are growing up as open minded individuals embracing these new found freedoms, acknowledging the gravity of their importance.
My sister is gay and will be getting legally married in the state of Maryland come August. As my daughter recounted stories about protestors outside of the Pridefest celebration held this weekend at Milwaukee's Summerfest grounds, I was quite amazed. It is hard to believe that people still have such distance from the reality the gay life, like "these people" still need to be saved or fixed. As I watched the news cast capture the first gay couples being legally married this last Friday, I was struck by the tenure of their unions and the emotion which overcame the couples when granted this freedom to express their love publicly. There was a couple of women who have been together for 24 years, then a couple of middle-aged men who have been together for 35 years. There were teenagers in tears, tears of joy that their parents could finally be married in the eyes of the law. At that I was wondering if perhaps they are the ones who should be picketing places that are allowing heterosexual couples to get legally married...they seem to have a pretty clear grasp on what a loving and committed union means. I applaud US District Judge Barbara Crabb today for further upholding the ruling, denying the Attorney General's and Scott Walker's attempt to get a stay against her Friday order that the state's same-sex ban was unconstitutional.
Congratulations to all those who now have the "right" to get married to their loved one.
My sister is gay and will be getting legally married in the state of Maryland come August. As my daughter recounted stories about protestors outside of the Pridefest celebration held this weekend at Milwaukee's Summerfest grounds, I was quite amazed. It is hard to believe that people still have such distance from the reality the gay life, like "these people" still need to be saved or fixed. As I watched the news cast capture the first gay couples being legally married this last Friday, I was struck by the tenure of their unions and the emotion which overcame the couples when granted this freedom to express their love publicly. There was a couple of women who have been together for 24 years, then a couple of middle-aged men who have been together for 35 years. There were teenagers in tears, tears of joy that their parents could finally be married in the eyes of the law. At that I was wondering if perhaps they are the ones who should be picketing places that are allowing heterosexual couples to get legally married...they seem to have a pretty clear grasp on what a loving and committed union means. I applaud US District Judge Barbara Crabb today for further upholding the ruling, denying the Attorney General's and Scott Walker's attempt to get a stay against her Friday order that the state's same-sex ban was unconstitutional.
Congratulations to all those who now have the "right" to get married to their loved one.
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