Quirkyalone: It’s a mindset

Here in San Francisco, something amazing is happening. Hundreds of gay men and women are lining up around City Hall to get marriage licenses in the hotly contested and historic rewriting of the civic marriage vows from “husband and wife” to “spouse for life”. While I might consider getting married on Valentine’s Day might be considered a nauseating cliched move for a straight couple, I found myself near tears watching the throng at City Hall. I had forgotton that even amidst all the depressing divorce statistics and the societal baggage hanging on the institution of marriage, getting hitched is a happy event. Exchanging vows is a brave and public display of an extremely private relationship, especially if you have been denied that right for so long.

The next step, of course, is becoming San Francisco’s first gay divorcee.

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