Love and Marriage the Human Edition
This is a subject I wasn't sure I wanted to touch upon but it is one I feel very passionately about. My intent isn't to offend anyone here and if you are offended by what I am about to say then this isn't the blog for you. I hope you can open your mind and your heart and see beyond yourself. :)
Today is the first day that two people of the same sex can walk into a court house in Iowa and apply for a piece of paper that says they have the same rights in each others lives as their opposite sex counterparts. That, to me, is one of the most wonderful things that could ever happen. Imagine, Iowa (and two other states) are allowing human beings basic rights that most other human beings are already allowed to enjoy. The right to share medical insurance and medical power of attorney, a piece of paper that allows them to own half of each others shit.
In Iowa people no longer have to meet under an arch in any room but a church to promise to spend the rest of their lives together and then walk away having signed nothing and making nothing legal. Now, they can meet in a church and promise that maybe one day they can pay a man thousands of dollars to undo what is written on a scrap of paper just like the rest of us can.
Who would have thought little Iowa was such a progressive thinking state? I now pronounce you husband and husband. Iowa ROCKS!!
7 comments:
Whooohoooo. Good stuff! :-D No worries about offending me here - if anything, this post makes me want to stop by more often!
That is great news! It will offend some, but not BG! If they want to be miserable like the rest of us, so be it! =)
I just think it's sad that people in so many states (most of them) are still waiting for the basic civil rights that us heterosexuals take for granted. Yay Iowa!
This is one of the few areas when John and I have to agree to disagree. I am all for same sex marriage. He is vehemently opposed to it. I think it's wonderful and was so shocked that California, of all places, voted against it.
YAY Iowa!!
Isn't that fantastic! Yay Iowa!
I'm proud to live here!
I only wish Michigan would follow in Iowa's footsteps!
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