While FYM had nothing to do with my actual decision to get married (we'll be a couple 10 years this summer) having the space to work out and create cogent arguments for my own legal equality -- and how persuasive the arguments simply were, that's why we've won -- gave me a glimmer of hope that, yes, this might one day be possible. That gay relationships can have real structure, meaning, and purpose, and that, yes, you are worth recognizing and celebrating. Having posted in here since early 2004, the year W used SSM to tip the scales in Ohio, it's been thrilling to watch our breathtaking progress, both in the US and around the world. And in the end, for all the long posts I've written, the lasting argument is the simplest: love is love. Most people want and need to create a family, and to legally give themselves "backup" -- a first-responder, if you will -- and also to be the same for someone else. We all want somebody to love. And we go from there.
It's all so simple. What were we ever worried about?
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