Congratulations to all the couples marrying in California tonight.

[twisted_miracle]

This news snippet brought tears to my eyes:
San Francisco: Mayor Gavin Newsom will conduct just one marriage tonight for Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon....

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/16/MNPQ11A3VF.DTL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_martin_and_phyllis_lyon
http://www.now.org/issues/lgbi/021304lyon-martin.html
http://www.geocities.com/mycauses/legend.html

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I had read about them before

[lolafalola.livejournal.com]

They looked like such a cute old couple.

It's funny, when I was reading the SFgate article, the only thing that bothered me was the line when they announced all the couples as "spouses for life". I thought, "Hey! They get the same option of getting a divorce just like the rest of us!"

[kestrelsparhawk.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link. I teared up reading it too. My favorite line was the Irishwoman's comment, "They're an example to heterosexuals everywhere."

Martin and Lyon are. Their book was the first one I ever read about the EXISTENCE of same-sex relationships. I think I may have been 16 at the time, and I can't remember where I got it -- just that it was terribly battered by the time I did. Probably at a (Unitarian) Church rummage sale... They have spent a lifetime as heroes -- pretty much started the Domestic Violence movement as well. Hoist a glass!