Comments on: The Surprising Situation of State Sanctioned Spouses

By: Nicky

Nicky — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:43:39 +0000

Congratulations to both of you! =)
Hi, I’m from asia..Sorry if my english isn’t that good… Well… I wish I could have those happy moments with my lesbian partner, but yeah…it’s so damn hard because we’re asian and people in here think that being a lesbian is like a disease… Sometimes I feel so sad about this condition… I don’t know what to do…
Sorry, I told my story here…:p I wish someday I could go from here and have a happy life with my beloved one…=) GBU all….

By: anita

anita — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:19:52 +0000

Ella-->Where have I been that I didn't know that about South Africa??!! Clearly I should have done a little more reading! That's fantastic and how wonderful for you and your beloved, soon to be wife. Mazel Tov!

By: Ella

Ella — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:51:49 +0000

Hey Anita. Actually I’m in South Africa. We’re getting married in beautiful Cape Town. Same-sex marriage (or civil unions, as our government has dubbed it to placate the Bible bashers) has been legal for almost two years now.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:47:51 +0000

They got the paper, they got the paper…….(me singing in the living room while doing a dumb dance.) YOU GO GIRLS!

This just warms my heart. Congratulations and may you continue to be richly blessed!

By: anita

anita — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:02:00 +0000

Thanks all for your congratulatory comments which find me still grinning from ear to ear. Ella, early congrats to you as well! Are you taking a chance and planning a December wedding in California or are you in Massachusetts or Canada? And Kelli, we’re staying with our first wedding anniversary as the date we celebrate, though all the dates are special to us. Have you noticed how we gay folks end up with a whole mess of dates we remember in our relationships and make into celebrations? Calling all straight people! Do you folks celebrate special anniversary dates in your marriages beyond your wedding anniversary?

By: deb

deb — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:34:47 +0000

Thank you for sharing.. made my day.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:19:13 +0000

That is just wonderful! CONGRATS to you both!!!
I remember for the year we had our official “marriage license” in Oregon it was something mystical and magical! (From March 2004-April 2005). Even the official “domestic partnership” papers we have in OR now are not _QUITE_ the same. Although the real “wedding” for us was really back in 2001 in VT. So I guess it all comes down to where your heart is, huh?
Blessings!

By: Bon

Bon — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:30:48 +0000

Yay you!

By: Ceara

Ceara — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:13:29 +0000

Someday I hope all GLBT people can have that paper. I agree marriage is in the heart. But the paper is nice.

Glad that you all had a good go of it, and a nice time.

By: Ella

Ella — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:18:20 +0000

Congratulations you guys! May you be blessed always.
We’re getting our piece of paper in December – yeh! Can’t wait.