Last evening, I realized something. It was such a shock, I couldn't sleep.
I tried to talk to my wife about it, but she just rolled her eyes and said "Like, whatever!" And went to bed, unworried and unconcerned.
I had tried to talk to her about yesterday's CA Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8. The words didn't come out right.
How could they?
How could I possibly tell my wife of almost 11 years the stunning truth -"Hon, our marriage is gay."
And yet, it is.
And under California law, where we have family and friends (at least we will until they read how gay we really are), our marriage is unrecognized and unacceptable.
I'm kind of upset about that.
Apparently, under California law, your marriage has to be stressful and generally all around teh suck to be recognized as marriage. It doesn't matter if you got marriage in the Golden State or in the Granite State. If your marriage is gay - forget it, kid.
Nope. It's there in the fine print. If you are truly in love, have a wonderful time in the company of your spouse, have managed to negotiate all of the problems and challenges of a living partnership without recourse to legal counsel - in other words a divorce lawyer - you are just SOL as far as the CA SC is concerned.
If your marriage is gay, California wants nothing to do with it. Not. A. Thing.
Well you know what California?
My name is cskendrick and my marriage is gay.
Recognize that.
And I call on all Kossacks to post a comment saying -
My name is [userid] and my [relationship status of choice] is gay.
That'd be great.
Oh, and fill in the survey form too. That's kinda important to show support for the cause.
Because now for the serious part of the story -
It is written into the fundamental words of the Founders of the Republic, that we hold certain rights to be inalienable, among them life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
California, through its propositions and its supreme court, just tossed all of that out the window.
They should not have done that. That wasn't gay of them at all.