Hi all. Long time lurker, first time poster, and this thread is what impelled me out of the closet, so to speak.
I'm a gay man and have been married to my partner since August 2003. We did it in Ontario because at the time it was only legal there. It's been legal everywhere in Canada for 3 years now and we've been to same-sex weddings in Calgary and Toronto since our own.
Those of you debating same-sex marriage--even those in favour of it--seem to have forgotten that this is no longer a matter of theory or other what-ifs. It does not matter if you oppose it- there are straight posters on here whom I don't ever want to see married or to bear children but my opinion shouldn't matter a bit to them.
We're married. No debate on a web forum will change this.
But as to California- I saw a post a few pages ago about how Oilers would hilariously request trades to CA teams- okay, homophobia is indeed hilarious and accusing Oilers of being gay is just the epitome of wit, but shouldn't the joke be on anybody who doesn't even realise that same sex marriage has been legal here for years? It's as if everybody has forgotten this.
Second on Cali- don't be surprised if this whole thing is underdone by a referendum. I would not start partying yet.
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