Equality in New York!

I know it's a little late and everyone has probably already celebrated, but...

NEW YORK HAS OFFICIALLY LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE!!

This is huge for us lesbians (and the rest of the LGBT community, of course)! The battle for marriage equality has finally regained traction! And what a shock, too... The New York victory was the first time that a Republican majority legislature has passed anything like this and adding New York more than doubled the number of Americans living in marriage equality states.

What exactly does this mean for me?

This means that I am one step closer to being treated as an equal human being, because as much as people like to argue that we are "equal but separate," that's bullshit. Everyone knows that "separate but equal" is not equal at all and doesn't work; we've proved that already in America's not-so-distant history with the civil rights struggle between '50 and '80. I know that the gay rights movement may not be as violent and the persecuted in our generation weren't once treated as slaves, but the gay rights movement is also a civil rights movement. All we want are the same, basic civil rights that the rest of the country enjoys. We want the same fucked up chances of making a marriage work. And if I hear one more person trying to use the slippery slope argument, I'm gonna puke on them.

"If we let gays get married, then we'll have to let pedophiles marry children! We'll have to let polygamy become legal! We'll have to let people marry their pets!"

The slippery slope is both ridiculous and can go the other way:

If we don't let gays get married, then we'll have to keep different races from marrying each other. Eventually, to make everyone equal, we'll just have to outlaw marriage all together!

See the ridiculousness?

Anyway:

HOORAY FOR NEW YORK!

You've reignited the fight for equality.

♥