No locusts, either. Lots of great photos, though. Here are a few of some well known couples, plus (because we’re all about the kids here at Mombian) a few showing happy kids and their just-wed parents. Go read Karen Ocamb’s on-the-ground report over at Bilerico for more on some of these families and others.
Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon:
(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, Pool)
George Takei and Brad Altman:
Dr. Susan Love, 60 and her partner Dr. Helen Cooksey, 60 – from Pacific Palisades – they got their license but will marry on July 5:
Happy Family 1:
Happy Family 2: Tanya Voss, Mason Marriott-Voss, Cade Marriott-Voss and Sue Marriott – from Austin, Texas:
Happy Family 3:
Happy Family 4:
(San Diego. Photo by Rex Wockner)
Thanks to the Bilerico Project and the photographers who made these images available free for use: Storm Bear (The Bilerico Project), Cynthia Laird (Bay Area Reporter), freelance journalist Rex Wocker, Mona DeCrinis (Palm Springs Bottom Line), Denise Penn (Lesbian News), Fred Palmer (Outward Magazine), and Karen Ocamb (IN LA Magazine).
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Thanks for sharing those! :) Goerge Takei looks good after these years.
And I love the baby chewing on her dress. :-D
My girlfriend, who was on the cutting edge of lesbian/feminist activism in the 70s never felt a great deal of pull towards this issue – mostly because of her own personal feelings about marriage and how she would conduct her life regardless of law.
I have been a major advocate of rights in this area, because I believe it will lead to the “normalizing” that will be required to have Federal rights extended as well (immigration, tax, etc.).
When she listened to the radio reports following the Lyons/Marting marriage, she felt it at last – and what it truly means for us and our quest for equality.
I’m also so glad the Lyons/Martin managed to hang in there to do this all over again – hopefully this time for good.
Now, it’s time for me to start drumming up the support to nix the anti-gay amendment measure on the ballot this fall.
Hear, hear. IMHO, marriage is important because we should have the same options as other couples. Whether we choose any given option is up to us. I also recommend Nancy Polikoff’s book Beyond (Gay & Straight) Marriage (see my post from earlier in the week), which makes the excellent point that we need to work towards recognizing (and giving federal rights to) all kinds of relationships, not just marriages. (Think of two elderly sisters living together and caring for each other. When one dies, the other is hit with the same inheritance tax as unmarried same-sex couples, and could lose the home.)
And yes again on the amendment! We need huge posters of Del and Phyllis with the line “Don’t take away their marriage.”
Beautiful pictures. Thank you.