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People were running up and hugging us and posing with us and thanking us and grabbing our hands and taking our picture. Really, hundreds of people, maybe thousands. Funny thing was, the Mrs. and I were kind of having a fight, but decided to go anyway. We have a friend who was marching, and we all met up. We're happy we went!
One of my oldest/best friends in the area celebrated 10 years of working at our statewide LGBT advocacy/rights organization just today. He started straight out of college and took a pay cut (down to $8/hr, and only part time at that). In that time he's worked up to being the executive director, and he is just a kick-ass powerhouse in a state that needs it.
Seeing your sign and realizing your commitment is actually making me a little teary.
Stewriffic, that's the thing--it's not like we really did anything. We made a poster and rode a bus for, like, 10 minutes and stood there a while. But, damn, it made people happy. Really affecting for my wife, whose own parents were inter-racial, but way back when it actually was illegal in places. Me, I just married the woman I loved.
Yeah, but do you know how many people wouldn't have even cared about the issue, much less bothered to make a sign AND actually go to the march? Too many.
Seems little to you. It shouldn't be a big deal, but it is. That's perhaps why so many people were so happy. Oh, and the parallels are pretty hard to argue with as well.
Some friends just did a YouTube Promo for NY Marriage equality that has the same idea- their marriage would have once been illegal, and other people fought for their rights, so now they will fight for others.
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