Why the bigots have lost the battle.
by: Bachalon
Fri Oct 24, 2008 at 08:48:59 AM EDT
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I am 24 years old. I am a man; I am gay. I have been out of the closet for a mere five years, and in that time, I've had a slew of boyfriends. For the last 3 years, I have been married, in spirit if not legally.
Eighteen years of my life were spent in Texas, the nineteenth state to pass an explicit ban on gay marriage. Currently, I live in Kansas, the eighteenth to do so. Each of those states has their share of infamy. Texas, of course, is home to the Lawrence case. Kansas is home to Fred Phelps. They both have something in common: gay people live in both states despite the discrimination faced on a daily basis. Gay people thrive in both states. We live and love and laugh there. What's more, gay people live in every state, and did so even when we there were no protections, even when the idea was inconceivable.