guest post by mikl-em
JUST MARRIED FINALLY …and… NO STOPPING. I like that.
Four years ago the first same-sex marriage in California history was successfully conducted. That same couple had another wedding ceremony in San Francisco yesterday. This followed a reboot of the legal system which had thrown an error upon seeing two gender=F values on the marriage certificate. Large programs like California sometimes do need methodical debugging. But there’s a history here of gradual improvement on important functions like Environment and Equality. Hoping that this trend continues.
I had the tremendous pleasure of being in a huge crowd yesterday outside San Francisco City Hall to celebrate the first same-sex marriage since this right was upheld in California. It was a great day! Unfortunately we didn’t get a glimpse of the couple, but it was a very exciting and positive nonetheless (in spite of some rather negative protesters, who were few but carried big signs). I took some pix & videos, and wrote it up on Flickr. See the description of each pic for more details.
Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, the couple who were married in SF, are in their 80’s. They have been together for 50+ years and have been activists and community-builders throughout. Gay.com has a great article with more details about their wedding and the wedding of Robin Tyler and Diane Olson from LA (shown below) who have tried every year for 8 years to get a marriage license on Valentine’s Day.
The SF Chronicle’s website has a great archive of coverage of the issue of same-sex marriage in California. Here’s coverage on yesterday from the BBC.
photos by Gay Weddings & mikl-em
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I mean this in all seriousness, but why do we have such an issue w/ a man and two or more women getting married (if it’s consensual) but we say it’s okay for two men and/or two women to get married?
My point is, if we are allowing marriage to be between:
-Man + Woman
-Man + Man
-Woman + Woman
what’s wrong w/ adding:
-Man + 2 or more Women
-Woman + 2 or more Men
-2 Men + 2 or more Women
-2 Women + 2 or more Men
I think as long as we are re-defining marriage as between “consensual participants” than it should be open to ALL consensual participants.
I am so proud to live in this city that is making history!
Cheers! and congratulations to the new married couples!
well what i am about to say may not be appreciated by many, but its something that i believe i ought to share with you not to force my idea or to reject yours.
Also, what i am about to say is not what so ever to be considered as a reject or against your believes and culture.
Also, this is not indicate or give the perception that i am a religious person not to give the perception that i am an idealist person too.
I do believe that GOD the all might have created male and female of all living things and have defined the rules and regulations between them in a way that will ensure peace and harmony in their lives. I also believe that all holy-books and god created religions call and preach such a bond. I also believe that GOD made them to serve a main purpose and that is to build this planet called earth with their grand children whom you and i were the result of that.
Therefore, despite of the fact people have the right to pursue their happiness in any way and manner they feel best, but i do believe that their are limits that shall not be ignored. Same sex marriage in my opinion is a something that is out of the norm and against GOD’s main objective of creating man and woman.
If this is case, then my fear tomorrow that someone would come and grant freedom to have marriage between father and daughter or son and mother…..and if we allow our imagination to be wiled it may between man and animal…god forbid.
In conclusion, i believe that these are merely wild desires ignited by suffering and torture or disbelieve/distrust generated and accumulated along the years or its merely a desire ignited by deep desire to explore same sex or merely total misconception of the real marriage called by GOD.
However, if this issue of same sex continues and i hope not (with respect to all human kind) we would be committing the biggest SIN GOD have ever warn us from and we would be liable to his extreme punishment whether in this life or the life after.
Once again, thank you for giving the chance to share my views in this regard and i hereby do respect all those who have decided to have same sex even if i am against it and seek those whom are considered as legislatives and people with good faith to stand and bring awareness to the risks and danger and to what GOD might do today or later to the entire nation and mankind.
Warm regards,
Arabiest
nice..!!i wish i can do that too :((