Comments on: Where I Stand http://moyawatson.com/2009/05/25/where-i-stand/ Sat, 19 May 2012 17:39:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mike E http://moyawatson.com/2009/05/25/where-i-stand/#comment-194 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:05:34 +0000 http://moyawatson.com/?p=525#comment-194 Moya, while the decision is not going to rank in the greatest things to happen in 2009 it is but a small setback in road to equality. As Ronny said, the ask is not for special handling, just to be equal in the eyes of the law. If I look back, all civil rights movement hit speed bumps along the way to achieving their true goal. When we do succeed I hope it will be with such a logical mind shift in the majority that people will quickly look back and say “what were people thinking back then?” like they do now with women/minority voting, interracial marriages, barring from immigration based on ethnicity, etc.
One bright side in the ruling is that the courts will stand by the law – you are legally married and it will always be recognized. Now we need to get marriage equality for everyone into law – not just the 18,000 lucky ones. Keep your chin up. :-)

]]> By: moya http://moyawatson.com/2009/05/25/where-i-stand/#comment-190 Tue, 26 May 2009 23:31:04 +0000 http://moyawatson.com/?p=525#comment-190 @leanne <3

@ronny thanks so much for stopping by and for the comment — yes, the existing marriages (of which ours is one out of 18,000) are still valid. the decision went like this:
6-1 upholding prop 8
7-0 keeping marriages valid

so, while nice that it was unanimous about the marriages, the 6-1 ruling really stings and is a huge disappointment, especially since those who authored such beautiful language last year flipped this year. plus, while i value our marriage, i can't rest until this injustice is addressed.

see leanne's great pics of today -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwaldal/sets/72157618837690996/

see an interview of me on sf weekly — http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2009/05/moya_watsonwatson_on_the_right.php

]]> By: Ronny Hendrickx http://moyawatson.com/2009/05/25/where-i-stand/#comment-189 Tue, 26 May 2009 22:50:18 +0000 http://moyawatson.com/?p=525#comment-189 Same here Moya. By you and everyone else who just want – not more and not less – what others can have without any fight.
I hope that today’s decision is at half good news that the existing marriages are still valid -(as I understand it.)

]]> By: Leanne http://moyawatson.com/2009/05/25/where-i-stand/#comment-188 Tue, 26 May 2009 04:44:54 +0000 http://moyawatson.com/?p=525#comment-188 by you.

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