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I almost cried when I read saw this picture this morning on a news website.
It was taken of two women who have been in a relationship for fifty-five years. In 2004, they were married when the mayor of San Francisco started issuing marriage licenses to gay couples.
Lyon and Martin vividly recall the excitement of being secretly swept into the clerk's office, saying "I do" in front of a tiny group of city staff members and friends, and then being rushed out of the building. There were no corsages, no bottles of champagne. Afterward they went to lunch, just the two of them, at a restaurant run as a job training program for participants in a substance abuse program.
"Of course, nobody down there knew, so we were left to be by ourselves like we wanted to be," said Martin, the less gregarious of the two. "Then we came home."
"And watched TV," adds Lyon.
They're planning on getting married again tomorrow when the California Supreme Court's decision takes effect. How sweet is that? They look so happy, and it makes me wonder how someone could be so cold-hearted as to deny them the ability to marry each other. I'm willing to bet that their relationship is healthier and happier than many heterosexual relationships, especially the 40% of them that end in divorce.
Here's the full article if you'd like to have a read.
It was taken of two women who have been in a relationship for fifty-five years. In 2004, they were married when the mayor of San Francisco started issuing marriage licenses to gay couples.
Lyon and Martin vividly recall the excitement of being secretly swept into the clerk's office, saying "I do" in front of a tiny group of city staff members and friends, and then being rushed out of the building. There were no corsages, no bottles of champagne. Afterward they went to lunch, just the two of them, at a restaurant run as a job training program for participants in a substance abuse program.
"Of course, nobody down there knew, so we were left to be by ourselves like we wanted to be," said Martin, the less gregarious of the two. "Then we came home."
"And watched TV," adds Lyon.
They're planning on getting married again tomorrow when the California Supreme Court's decision takes effect. How sweet is that? They look so happy, and it makes me wonder how someone could be so cold-hearted as to deny them the ability to marry each other. I'm willing to bet that their relationship is healthier and happier than many heterosexual relationships, especially the 40% of them that end in divorce.
Here's the full article if you'd like to have a read.
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