I'll say it again: Anyone who claims that DOMA or Don't Ask Don't Tell have nothing to do with bigotry and outright hatred hasn't had to watch his civil rights put up for a vote, over and over, and over again. And let's be very clear about this, marriage is a civil. fucking. right.
The next time you find yourself at your local Walmart, Ralph's, Kroger, Crate and Barrel, Target, or Best Buy, take about thirty seconds and count the number of straight couples wandering the aisles. If you find yourself, as I often do, wondering what the hell any of them see in each other, or how disfunctional, violent, and sad their breeder lives might be based on the dead expressions on their faces as they go about their mundane shopping, remember three things:
a) it's none of your fucking business.
b) the look on that pre-homicidal woman's face about to take the Martha Stewart frying pan off the rack to weaponize it across the back of her boyfriend's head probably has more to do with a caffeine deficiency than anything you saw on Lifetime this week.
c) every single one of these heterosexual couples, regardless of state of mind, employment status, criminal record, or mental health is allowed to get married if they choose to.
I, like most gay people in most of the country, can't.
Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Iowa, Connecticut, and California are the only exceptions. Come November, I hope I don't have to strike Maine out of that sentence too.
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