Together 12 years. Own a business together. Nice Jewish girls, from Conservative backgrounds. One has a father who sat shiva when she came out, but has now relented. He loves his daughter and his daughter in law very much. Huge wedding in San Francisco in the spring. Both families came from east coast for it. Huppa. Rabbi. Reception. 200 people. Dancing. Drinking. Toasts to Mayor Newsom. Joy. Love. Delight.
Voided.
All this will change, it will change slowly, but it will change. It will change because nobody at that wedding can quite believe the injustice of it. 80% of the wedding guests were straight. They come from small towns and big cities, all across the country. They are very angry today. They know what their marriages mean to them.
Gays and Lesbians are everywhere, in your family and in mine. They are our teachers, lawyers, doctors, sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles.
President Bush cannot even say the words gay and lesbian.
John Kerry may very well appoint the first openly gay white house spokesperson--a long-time aide.