Finally.
For once, we’ve made some headway in this battle. The rights we have been denied are numerous. When gay marriage became legal in California, we rejoiced. When Proposition 8 passed, we groaned. It’s been back and forth. Florida’s been touched in the same way, with a constitutional amendment glaring us in the face, taunting us and mooning us. “Look at me, I’m a constitutional guarantee that you’ll never have the rights you deserve, all because of the voting public!” Then it proceeds to laugh in our faces, flaunting its supposed moral superiority.
Sure, we’ve given them a little bit of hell on the way down. I gave a hearty laugh when someone suggested outlawing divorce as it “undermines the sanctity of marriage.” The outcry against Prop. 8 was enormous, but nothing seemed to happen.
Then, Judge Walker stepped in.
This article appears in Aug 5-11, 2010.