Hopeful and depressed. No, these are not mood swings.
Erica and Emily- click on picture to read about their Massachusetts wedding.
Just like after our last presidential election, two things happened today. One brought humankind forward and one held it back. President Obama announced his pick for Supreme Court Justice: Sonya Sotomayor, the first Hispanic Supreme Court nominee in U.S. history. She hasn’t been confirmed yet but everyone thinks it’s very likely.
The thing that held humanity back is something I’ve personally invested my time in to try to prevent. Today the California Supreme Court ruled that the voter-initiated ban on gay marriage still stands. In other words, our state constitution has been amended to support an effort to discriminate against a minority group of people. The definition of equal rights in the constitution has been altered in a way that implies that the relationships of the majority are somehow superior and more legitimate while the relationships of the minority…well, aren’t. I admit that I’m straight which means that I have the freedom to marry (and did!), but that doesn’t stop me from empathizing. It’s so easy for certain straight people to feel antipathy since they’re not homosexual and are (obviously) against it, but we’ve all felt love or the need to be with someone for the rest of our lives. Being married give you a different feeling and a ton more rights than a domestic partnership, and I’ve been in both. It just makes no sense to prevent someone from having the freedom to live their life when it’s not hurting anyone else one bit! There is continued effort to change things around again and I will not give up hope. Other states have already changed their constitutions to accept gay marriage, and hopefully soon it will change at the crucial federal level as well.
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