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Celebrating A Historic Day in New York!

Sunday, July 24, 2011 09:33 AM

tags: Marriage Equality, Gay History!, New York

(Blogging for WOW is like a Godfather movie, once you think you're finally out, something historic comes along to drag you back in) I just got back from downtown at the City Clerk's office in Manhattan with hundreds of gay couples preparing to wed. WHAT A GREAT DAY! There were so many happy faces and proud couples who have waited so long for this day. I also saw NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn being interviewed by CBS News, during a break in the interview she spied my "EVOLVE ALREADY" t-shirt amongst the crowd, and looked directly at me, and I mouthed the words "Thank You." Much to my surprise she came over and gave me a hug (even though, with the NYC heatwave, I was a hot sweaty mess at that point) and we spoke briefly about all the marriage equality rallies we've seen each other at over the years.

OOOOH, and I almost forgot, when I first got there, there were some Westboro Church gay-hating-ass-wipe types who were protesting across the street, but a group of counter-protesters came and opened up umbrellas in rainbow colors, blocking them from the view of the happy couples, and strangely enough, that seemed to work! All the protestors left within about 10 minutes. The only one who stayed behind was some orthodox Jewish guy that kept walking along the sidewalk with a small sign that said "Bad Idea." But for the most part it was just a wonderful time seeing so many happy couples on such a happy day. And though the struggle for marriage equality will continue until DOMA is repealed and gay couples receive full federal rights and recognition of our unions; today was still a day to celebrate, and I'm so happy I was a part of it. (Click on photo below to begin slide show. All Photos by Wayne Anderson)

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Celebrating A Historic Day in New York!

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