With Freedom and Liberty for All

ba_newsom01.jpgUgh. The debate tonight? Can’t watch. Palin’s too much for me. The Bailout? No use thinking about it. The House will vote to pass it anyway. Rigged voting machines? Matt Groening’s got that covered! Gavin Newsom? Yeah, he’s just nice to look at. Yow! But what am I thinking about then? Well, glad you asked! Here’s a bittersweet story. I don’t know much about Del Martin or her wife Phyllis Lyon, but I am sentimental about their long life together.

According to Wikipedia:

On February 12, 2004, Martin and Lyon were issued a marriage license by the City and County of San Francisco after mayor Gavin Newsom ordered that marriage licenses be given to same-sex couples who requested them. The license, along with those of several thousand other same-sex couples, were voided by the California supreme court on August 12, 2004.

“Del is 83 years old and I am 79. After being together for more than 50 years, it is a terrible blow to have the rights and protections of marriage taken away from us. At our age, we do not have the luxury of time.” —Phyllis Lyon

However, they were married again on June 16, 2008, after the California Supreme Court ruled same-sex marriage legal. Once again they were the first couple married in San Francisco, in fact the only couple married that day by the mayor.”

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Aren’t they adorable? They had been officially, legally married for only three months when Del Martin died. They’d been together 55 years.

If you live in California, vote NO on Prop. 8.

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October 2, 2008 | Filed Under Election '08, Perfect World 

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