Jase Wells
Happy Valentine’s Anniversary Day
February 14th is the anniversary of the first time we got married. That was back in 2004 when San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom ordered same-sex couples to be allowed to marry. We rushed over to City Hall on Valentine’s Day and were couple #100 to be married that day. While the fun lasted, 4,036 other same-sex couples were married in San Francisco. But later that year, the California Supreme Court nullified all those marriages. They were never officially recognized by the State of California.
Then in June 2008 we got married again. The California Supreme Court had ruled marriage was the right of all Californians, regardless of gender. But again the fun didn’t last long — in November our rights were put up for a popular vote, and we lost. Well, sort of — Prop. 8 made same-sex marriage unconstitutional, but the courts ruled that it did not retroactively nullify existing same-sex marriages. Not just unfair, but confusing as well.
Now the issue is making its way through the courts again, and perhaps even headed to the United States Supreme Court. It’s crazy and idiotic that the desire to share wedding rings with your same-sex love and have the same legal rights as other committed couples is the cause for so much debate, uproar, and hate.
Happy Valentine’s Anniversary Day
February 14th is the anniversary of the first time we got married. That was back in 2004 when San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom ordered same-sex couples to be allowed to marry. We rushed over to City Hall on Valentine’s Day and were couple #100 to be married that day. While the fun lasted, 4,036 other same-sex couples were married in San Francisco. But later that year, the California Supreme Court nullified all those marriages. They were never officially recognized by the State of California.
Then in June 2008 we got married again. The California Supreme Court had ruled marriage was the right of all Californians, regardless of gender. But again the fun didn’t last long — in November our rights were put up for a popular vote, and we lost. Well, sort of — Prop. 8 made same-sex marriage unconstitutional, but the courts ruled that it did not retroactively nullify existing same-sex marriages. Not just unfair, but confusing as well.
Now the issue is making its way through the courts again, and perhaps even headed to the United States Supreme Court. It’s crazy and idiotic that the desire to share wedding rings with your same-sex love and have the same legal rights as other committed couples is the cause for so much debate, uproar, and hate.