San Francisco's Gay Marriages, Shakespeare, Flowers, Cambodia, History, and Love.
Wow, I hadn't really absorbed the impact of the events in San Francisco. I just woke up, and couldn't go back to sleep, so I surfed on over to
Electrolite: Our fellow Americans. Amazing. And you can
send them flowers. With blessings from the
King of Cambodia. Some interesting letters over at
TalkingPointsMemo--I found this one especially telling:
"
Josh,
I'm 62 years old and grew up in Missouri. When I married my first wife, who as Japanese American, we had to do so in another state. At that time it was against Missouri state law for interracial marriages to take place. Times change.
40 years later the pain of that state-sanctioned inequality, which made some couples second-class citizens, still stirs an old, deep-felt resentment. "
Some more of the
photos. Some of my favorites:
Groom in a kilt.
Bride in a White Shalwar Kameej with Bride in an Embroidered Brown one.
Political Art with
Abe Lincoln.
Tangentially, I recently stumbled upon these photos of
courthouse weddings. I certainly belong to a generation for whom marriage often doesn't
really matter
that much as a legal institution, yet here are people to whom it clearly does. (Stumbling thanks to blogger
Robert Stribley.)