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I swore several years ago that I would not get married unless I could be married in Virginia and/or Maryland--no going to New Jersey or Massachusetts, no moving to Canada, because giving up my US citizenship would be like removing a part of my body. If I can't be married at home, I won't be married abroad, because marriage isn't real unless it counts everywhere.
( Every state that voted to define marriage as 'between a man and a woman' yesterday violated the spirit of what our constitution (both state constitutions and the US Constitution) stands for )
On the other hand, Rumsfeld is resigning (yay!), South Dakota got rid of their hideous anti-abortion law, and George Allen and Bob Ehrlich were voted out of office (sweet, sweet justice for the horribly annoying campaign adds they sponsored), so there are one or two bright spots in the world. But the fact that our leadership is in different hands is balanced out by that fact that a majority of the voting population in numerous states think I'm a second class citizen and have taken steps to codify this belief as law.
( Every state that voted to define marriage as 'between a man and a woman' yesterday violated the spirit of what our constitution (both state constitutions and the US Constitution) stands for )On the other hand, Rumsfeld is resigning (yay!), South Dakota got rid of their hideous anti-abortion law, and George Allen and Bob Ehrlich were voted out of office (sweet, sweet justice for the horribly annoying campaign adds they sponsored), so there are one or two bright spots in the world. But the fact that our leadership is in different hands is balanced out by that fact that a majority of the voting population in numerous states think I'm a second class citizen and have taken steps to codify this belief as law.
