History Being Made

Today marks the first day that gay and lesbian couples can legally marry in California, and a large number of them wasted no time in tying the proverbial knot.

I say hooray for them, and hooray for California for its history-making decision that a marriage contract is just that, a contract, and the relative sex of the persons entering into that contract is immaterial.

So put that up your nose and smoke it, Mister and Missus Rightwing-Focus-on-the-Fetus-Alliance-Defense-Fund etc. Assholes. You are on the wrong side of history and you'd best just move over and let the real world pass you by.

Of course that's just a fantasy. They are already gearing up for a fight on this issue, probably by getting a ballot measure to vote on in November.

Which is why most gay couples in California are hurrying to get married before election day. Given the vagaries of the election process and the innate ability of the Religious Right to provoke their mindless followers into voting against human rights, we don't know what will ultimately happen.

But in the meantime, boys and girls, enjoy yourselves. You've earned it, you have a right to it, and you should bask in it.