Congrats New York on Entering the 21st Century!

Ok, I hope the top link brings you to the right image. That image is that of many gay men and women in downtown NY celebrating Marriage Equality.

I am all for marriage equality because I believe that not matter your orientation. Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual, Transvestite, Transsexual, Transgender, Straight or what ever you classify yourself to be, you deserve all the same rights as everyone else.

Religion like to characterize Marriage as the union of one man and one woman living in harmony together. Well when you look at all these unions (regardless of whether they are of same sex of opposite sex) there are many that do not last. So why is it the federal government that decides who should live their lives together and who should not.

Last I knew, the Preamble to the Federal Constitution stated that "All Men Are Created Equal...". To me there is nothing in those first words that state anything about Gender, Color of Skin, Ethnicity, Religion, Beliefs, or Sexual Orientation!

In fact I believe DOMA goes against out Federal Constitution and I hope that the case in California and the recent ruling in New York help that case that just because one man loves another man, or one woman loves another woman that the government decides that these couples deserve all the same rights and responsibilities as all "straight" married couples get.

F*ck! Even IOWA has allowed Gay Marriage. A fricken PLAINS STATE is all for it.

If that isn't a story in itself, I don't know what is!

So with that I say again...congratulations New York in becoming the latest Forward Thinking State to Allow Gay Marriage.

I still like to think of it as regular Marriage, as long as men and women get to marry a partner as they chose, you can call it Jedchootz for all I care as long as they get the same rights and privileges as "straight" couples.

James Blanken