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One of reasons that Prop 8 passed was that proponents aggressively went after communities of color. My cousin would tell me that she got hundreds of phone calls from people who targeted Asians. And that tactic worked. I'll admit it, I have chosen my gay family over the Asian community, even my own family.
Tonight, my cousin married an incredible man and I am now part of an amazing new family. I spent the past two days getting to know them and developed a really strong connection to the groom's mother. We just hit it off and talked for hours. Towards the end of tonight, she said to me, "I voted for Prop 8. But, after meeting you, I have changed my mind."
That blew me away. Firstly, because I wasn't expecting it. I have never hidden my life from people and I just can't help talking about M. I talk about her all the time. It has never crossed my mind that the person I'm speaking to, doesn't approve of me. I think it is these seemingly meaningless conversations with the people in our lives that spark and carry change and understanding forward.
So, I now have an African-American Christian grandmother and she has a queer Asian granddaughter. Who knew?
Iowa! Who knew? Maybe that song by Dar Williams had something to do with this...By Bob Van Voris and Andrew M. Harris
April 3 (Bloomberg) -- The Iowa Supreme Court struck down that state’s gay marriage ban as unconstitutional, making it the third state to allow the unions, joining Massachusetts and
Connecticut.The Iowa court ruling today was unanimous. Last month, the California Supreme Court, which legalized gay marriage in 2008, heard arguments over a ballot measure that later overturned the ruling and banned the practice in that state.
When I was about 1 years old, my father got a job teaching at a university in Jersey. While we looked for housing, we stayed with one of his new co-workers. They had a daughter a few months older than me and she would chase me and tickle me until I couldn't breathe. We celebrated our birthdays together for years and remained good friends through middle school.These days, we are in touch here and there. She had text messaged me for my address a month ago. Today I got a bridal shower invitation in the mail. She had just broken up with someone last we talked. I told her on the phone this morning, "I leave you alone for like 9 months and you get engaged?!"Update: P and I caught up this morning. Like, M and I, they had dated before. She is blissfully happy and they are moving quickly with the marriage for his mother.
One of reasons that Prop 8 passed was that proponents aggressively went after communities of color. My cousin would tell me that she got hundreds of phone calls from people who targeted Asians. And that tactic worked. I'll admit it, I have chosen my gay family over the Asian community, even my own family.
