I'll write about Islamophobia tomorrow. Today, love triumphed. Above, one of the first gay couples to get married today in New York City. God, am I gonna cry every time I look at my own blog now? (More pictures at Gawker, where I found this one.)
Welcome to The Cahokian... A thousand years ago Cahokia — across the Mississippi from what is now St. Louis — was one of the biggest cities in the world. Now it's an empty green spot next to the highway. I'm a middle-aged gay man living in New York City, center of the world, future footnote on somebody's future map. Welcome to the new world.
Just watched the wedding at Gracie Mansion. Wow, they couldn't have picked a better couple for national television, the couple and their two darling daughters just over-flowed with love... good for them.
ReplyDeleteAnd having one young daughter that displays a little impatience at Bloomberg's lengthy speech was icing on the cake. Yes....ditto "Love Triumphs".
Another friend of mine said they watched that also...I missed it. Love is always a good thing.
ReplyDeleteAnd hey, cold-hearted haters take note, look the sky hasn't fallen!
yesterday i attended the wedding of one of my best friends in the world to her boyfriend of six years, and they made a point of saying at the reception, something to the effect of: "we are thrilled to be getting married today, because tomorrow, we will be able to watch as love triumphs in new york. we wouldn't have wanted to miss it."
ReplyDeleteit was a simple thing to say, but given the number of their older and more conservative family members present, it really was gutsy and made me happy.
i am so overwhelmed with joy today, and i don't even live in new york.
what a beautiful thing.
Here's a beautiful selection of photos of the day
ReplyDeletehttp://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/portraits-of-gay-couples-just-married-in-new-york
congrats to your friends, freebones. they sound like wonderful people.