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NO WAITING

This happened today. Yesterday already. Shockingly fast. They were talking about 4 weeks.

Court Lifts Ban on Gay Marriage in California

This is another example of the stunning reaction from all "the non-gays" here.

It has been overwhelming to have straight friends come up, out of the blue, and congratulate us, to say how happy they are for us.

This kind or speed is unprecedented. Try to get anything else done in local or county government.

It has been a great week.

On a balcony overlooking the grand staircase at San Francisco City Hall, an ornate space that has long been a magnet for weddings, the couple whose case sparked this week's Supreme Court decision exchanged vows. The ceremony was officiated by state Attorney General Kamala Harris, and the ring bearer was the couple's 18-year-old son. "This is the first day of the rest of our lives together, said Kristin Perry, who with her fiancée, Sandy Stier, filed the lawsuit against Proposition 8, the ballot initiative that outlawed same-sex marriage in California in 2008. Stier turned to the horde of reporters and well-wishers crowding the room, smiled and said: "Thank you so much for coming to our wedding."

It is an example of what it means to become "part of" rather than separate.

To be first class citizens, no better no worse.

To, most of all, be welcomed by loving people who have no stake in this thing other than our happiness.

Labels: California, marriage equality