February 16, 2004
A Really Happy Valentine's Day
We spent our v-day in a beachside motel straight out of a James Ellroy novel (lovely, silly, fun.... and not blogworthy). A bunch of people spent the day in our city celebrating one of the happier local events in a long, long time.
Teensy first step? Yep. Long fight ahead? Yep. Fucking beautiful day anyhow? Oh yeah...
Now for the next great thing. Betcha a dollar the divorce rate for gay couples (assuming the marriages stay recognized in some measurable way for long enough) will be vastly lower than the divorce rate for straight couples. It's just statistics... look at the number of committed same-sex couples who already are married in every other way, and have been for decades. Now look at the number of straight couples just falling from school to job to marriage without thinking, because it's expected. Which unions do you think will last?
I'm not saying the numbers won't equalize someday, because they will. I'm just saying I anticipate the statistical spike with utter glee.
Congratulations, y'all.
Posted by Liz at February 16, 2004 04:26 AM
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