On August 23, Shaun and I were honored to attend the wedding of Shaun's nephew Jason and his partner, Santi in Berkeley, CA. Jason and Santi have been a committed couple for almost 11 years, and are wonderful young men. It was important to us personally both to honor them as a couple, and to support the progress that is being made to allow gay couples the same legal rights as heterosexual couples. California will be deciding in the November election whether or not to overturn the right for gays to legally marry. Hopefully California will be victorious, as was Oregon, in maintaining equal rights for all residents. The issue is about granting the same rights to ALL humans and not denying basic rights to gay people that other Americans have. As Shaun and I get older, it's important for us to have the right to make medical decisions for each other, have fair inheritance and tax rules apply and to be eligible for each other's social security benefits. Our hope is that in November, candidates who support equal rights for all Americans will be elected and we can start focusing on the economy, ending the war, ending poverty and homelessness and other things that really matter. In the meantime, CONGRATULATIONS Jason and Santi!
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