Comments on: 24 Hours For Marriage Equality http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/ Weddings. Minus the insanity, plus the marriage. Wed, 23 May 2012 22:14:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Diana http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-58773 Diana Thu, 12 May 2011 11:37:29 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/#comment-58773 Meg, I just found your blog a few weeks ago and have been going through the archives ever since. I've been blown away many times already, but just had to comment on this particular post. My lady and I have really been struggling with some of the ignorant and hurtful reactions to our engagement, which occurred about a month ago. Of course, marriage (in)equality has been an issue for us for far longer than that. I was glued to my TV and getting rowdy in as many ways as I could during the Prop 8 proceedings and Day-of-Decision, and it sucked. I screamed and cried and felt like no one around me, even in my liberal oasis town in Michigan, understood why it was so personal and so painful. Reading this post brought back all of that pain, but it has been such a gift to read about it from someone who "gets it". Your words pay tribute to the gravity of these days and these decisions, and you need to know that those words matter. What you do here really matters. I am so grateful. Diana Meg,

I just found your blog a few weeks ago and have been going through the archives ever since. I’ve been blown away many times already, but just had to comment on this particular post.

My lady and I have really been struggling with some of the ignorant and hurtful reactions to our engagement, which occurred about a month ago. Of course, marriage (in)equality has been an issue for us for far longer than that. I was glued to my TV and getting rowdy in as many ways as I could during the Prop 8 proceedings and Day-of-Decision, and it sucked. I screamed and cried and felt like no one around me, even in my liberal oasis town in Michigan, understood why it was so personal and so painful. Reading this post brought back all of that pain, but it has been such a gift to read about it from someone who “gets it”. Your words pay tribute to the gravity of these days and these decisions, and you need to know that those words matter. What you do here really matters. I am so grateful.

Diana

]]> By: Marty J. Christopher http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-5026 Marty J. Christopher Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:36:03 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/#comment-5026 I'm a bit behind on my blog reading, but I loved this post. I wrote a post about the same topic, with the same sentiment. It's really only a matter of time...<br />http://shesnotthemarryingkind.blogspot.com/2009/05/change-is-gonna-come.html I’m a bit behind on my blog reading, but I loved this post. I wrote a post about the same topic, with the same sentiment. It’s really only a matter of time…
http://shesnotthemarryingkind.blogspot.com/2009/05/change-is-gonna-come.html

]]> By: the un-bride http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-5027 the un-bride Sun, 31 May 2009 13:07:55 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/#comment-5027 Amazing post, Meg. Thanks for sharing what it was like that day in the city. I had a friend come out to me that very day, and it broke my heart. <br /><br />We're getting married in SF, and really want to include something in our ceremony to voice our support. Which should be interesting, since I have family members who voted <i>for</i> the awful thing, but we're going to find a way to respectfully make a statement.<br /><br />Kudos to your rabbi, and to the SFPD for treating her well. Amazing post, Meg. Thanks for sharing what it was like that day in the city. I had a friend come out to me that very day, and it broke my heart.

We’re getting married in SF, and really want to include something in our ceremony to voice our support. Which should be interesting, since I have family members who voted for the awful thing, but we’re going to find a way to respectfully make a statement.

Kudos to your rabbi, and to the SFPD for treating her well.

]]> By: flutter http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-5028 flutter Sat, 30 May 2009 11:51:46 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/#comment-5028 Meg,<br /><br />Thanks! I had completely forgotten about that post.<br /><br />xo Meg,

Thanks! I had completely forgotten about that post.

xo

]]> By: christina http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-5029 christina Sat, 30 May 2009 11:03:49 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/#comment-5029 thanks, meg.<br />xox thanks, meg.
xox

]]> By: Meg http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-5030 Meg Sat, 30 May 2009 11:01:03 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/#comment-5030 Hey Anne-<br />I did a post about that here: http://www.apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/honoring-marraige-equality-in-your.html<br /><br />Warning: the comments are a bit of a mixed bag, so read with care.<br /><br />xo<br />Meg Hey Anne-
I did a post about that here: http://www.apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/honoring-marraige-equality-in-your.html

Warning: the comments are a bit of a mixed bag, so read with care.

xo
Meg

]]> By: Jodi http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-5031 Jodi Sat, 30 May 2009 10:15:05 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/#comment-5031 I don't know whether you would have seen <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fg%2Fa%2F2009%2F05%2F27%2Fnotes052709.DTL&tsp=1" rel="nofollow">this article</a> in the SF Chronicle. I don't know that I share the author's belief that the next generation is already all convinced of the inevitability and justice of allowing same-sex marriage (I've seen my share of bigotry, ignorance, careless prejudice, and disinformation amongst some of the students I've come into contact with here in Canada, where same-sex marriage is legal), but it's nice to think that slowly, inevitably, attitudes are changing. It's so important to keep reiterating that this is a civil rights issue, that the fear spread by anti-gay-rights groups is woefully misinformed and misleading, that everyone has the right to love and be loved. Thanks for the post, and keep your chins up in California (and elsewhere in the US). I like to believe that bigger hearts and clearer minds will eventually prevail. I don’t know whether you would have seen this article in the SF Chronicle. I don’t know that I share the author’s belief that the next generation is already all convinced of the inevitability and justice of allowing same-sex marriage (I’ve seen my share of bigotry, ignorance, careless prejudice, and disinformation amongst some of the students I’ve come into contact with here in Canada, where same-sex marriage is legal), but it’s nice to think that slowly, inevitably, attitudes are changing. It’s so important to keep reiterating that this is a civil rights issue, that the fear spread by anti-gay-rights groups is woefully misinformed and misleading, that everyone has the right to love and be loved. Thanks for the post, and keep your chins up in California (and elsewhere in the US). I like to believe that bigger hearts and clearer minds will eventually prevail.

]]> By: flutter http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-5032 flutter Sat, 30 May 2009 01:21:17 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/#comment-5032 My wedding is a way off (2011), but the grim reality is that the state I'm from (GA) will most likely not come to its senses by the time that I get married. I want my wedding to honor the struggles that my brothers and sisters are going through to have their love recognized...but I don't know how. How would you honor the desire for equal rights in your wedding? What words would you use? Which charities would you encourage donations to? My wedding is a way off (2011), but the grim reality is that the state I’m from (GA) will most likely not come to its senses by the time that I get married. I want my wedding to honor the struggles that my brothers and sisters are going through to have their love recognized…but I don’t know how. How would you honor the desire for equal rights in your wedding? What words would you use? Which charities would you encourage donations to?

]]> By: Sarah Ann http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-5033 Sarah Ann Fri, 29 May 2009 22:44:56 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/#comment-5033 You know, I'm new to your blog, just found it through A.Mountain.Bride. but what you wrote really touched me. I'm from California's bay area and voted no on 8. Its sad to think that in one of the states considered the most progressive and diverse in the U.S. that we are so narrow-minded. Thanks for posting. You know, I’m new to your blog, just found it through A.Mountain.Bride. but what you wrote really touched me. I’m from California’s bay area and voted no on 8. Its sad to think that in one of the states considered the most progressive and diverse in the U.S. that we are so narrow-minded. Thanks for posting.

]]> By: Amy I. http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-5034 Amy I. Fri, 29 May 2009 15:30:39 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/05/24-hours-for-marrage-equality/#comment-5034 Your post gave me chills, especially seeing the Judaism tie-in. Love it. Wish I could've been there to protest. Don't know if you've seen this or if it interests you: my friend Sara designed a marriage equality blog sidebar badge thingie: http://tinyurl.com/r8lunn Your post gave me chills, especially seeing the Judaism tie-in. Love it. Wish I could’ve been there to protest. Don’t know if you’ve seen this or if it interests you: my friend Sara designed a marriage equality blog sidebar badge thingie: http://tinyurl.com/r8lunn

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