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Thursday, December 6, 2012

History There Is Nothing I Love More Than Photos of Long-Long-Term Gay and Lesbian Couples Holding Just-Issued Marriage Licenses

Posted by David Schmader on Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 2:14 PM

And today has brought an avalanche of them.

From the Seattle Times. Sob!

From the Tacoma News Tribune. SOB!

And finally, from the Instgram of the woman known as Fighty Almighty, who stood in line next to these guys this morning.

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FightyAlmighty

"They were so down-to-earth, with the best southern drawls, and so open to all the attention they were receiving," says FightyAlmighty, who will herself be getting married to her beloved lady this Sunday. Congratulations to everyone, and deep thanks to all the enlightened straight folks who helped make this amazing day possible.

UPDATE: I originally posted this in comments, but am now putting it here.

I would also like to point out that even just 10 years ago, a whole bunch of people would've looked at photos like these and seen nothing but buttfuckers and rugmunchers. All humanity erased by a weird fixation on sex mechanics.

But you know what else is kind of icky when you let yourself think about it? HETEROSEXUAL SEX. Like, when your dad goes down on your mom. Also: EATING FOOD. Let's not even talk about childbirth.

At long last, homosexual sex has joined all these other icky-if-envisioned-out-of-context things society agrees to ignore, and I couldn't be happier.

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This is just so darn healthy and heartwarming!! If only these kinds of pictures could have been out (!!) and about years ago to show how freakily just-like-everyone-else gay couples are.

Sob! indeed

Posted by Fluffy on December 6, 2012 at 2:27 PM

Just when I think I'm done crying for the day ...

But they are tears of joy so I am happy to shed them!

Posted by pfffter on December 6, 2012 at 2:29 PM

I met one of these gentlemen last night while chatting up people in line. I spoke with the gentleman in the wheelchair and we was one of the warmest, kindest, most soft-spoken men--with an amazing Southern drawl--I've ever met. He sat alone at the front entrance before they opened the gates, since the line itself rounded a very ADA-unfriendly hill. He was slightly off to the side waiting for his partner--who was buried somewhere deep in the line--to round the corner so they could enter the building together and finally get the marriage license that they've been waiting so long for. There was something almost poetic about it: that man sitting alone waiting for his partner to catch up with him in line, much like they as a couple have waited for our society and government to catch up in granting them their civil rights.

Congratulations to the hundreds of couples who braved the long wait on a cold night.

Posted by Bored@School on December 6, 2012 at 2:37 PM

And here's the thing: Even just 10 years ago, a whole bunch of people would've looked at this photo and seen nothing but buttfuckers. All humanity erased by a weird fixation on sex mechanics.

But you know what else is kind of icky when you let yourself think about it? HETEROSEXUAL SEX. Like, when your dad goes down on your mom. Also: EATING FOOD. Let's not even talk about childbirth.

At long last, homosexual sex has joined all these other icky-if-envisioned-out-of-context things society agrees to ignore, and I couldn't be happier.

Posted by David Schmader on December 6, 2012 at 2:38 PM

*he* was one of the warmest...

Posted by Bored@School on December 6, 2012 at 2:43 PM

@4 Wonderfully put. Thank you for sharing so many photos and stories today. I am just over the moon with joy today!

Posted by pfffter on December 6, 2012 at 2:52 PM

@3,

That IS poetic & awesome.

A few months ago I was having a dumb argument with a "friend" who was making the whole homophobe's "buttsex is gross" argument. I didn't really have an answer for him on the spot and as a straight guy myself, I even understood where he was coming from, even if I couldn't fathom why he cared.

Shortly after our conversation though, I was thinking of just what David suggested there, that vaginas are really pretty fucking gross too. I'll make this point to him if I ever talk to him again.

Posted by mikethehammer on December 6, 2012 at 3:47 PM

Real big crybaby day at my house. Cannot get enough of these. Last night was AMAZING.

Posted by kerri harrop

on December 6, 2012 at 3:48 PM

Also, one of the many joyous things about last night: the look of surprise on the faces of some of the couples leaving the building, when they were met with thunderous applause and cheers from the assembled crowd. You could see how much it meant, and how momentous it was. SOB!

Posted by kerri harrop

on December 6, 2012 at 3:52 PM

Such beautiful tears of joy! This day, as history will show us, is one of the greatest days we have all lived through.

I get so much joy being happy for so many people I have never met.

Posted by snacktruck on December 6, 2012 at 4:02 PM

And you know what? None of these adorable couples is even slightly spoiling my hetero marriage. They're adding to what marriage is. There is more love in the world and that's never a bad thing.

Posted by originalcinner on December 6, 2012 at 4:08 PM

i have but one word:

SOB!

Posted by Fighty Almighty on December 6, 2012 at 5:28 PM

To echo what #11 said, my hetero marriage evaporated rapidly over a decade ago.

I may get married again, I may not, but it was nobody's fault but my own that the first one didn't work.

Here's hoping all these happy, beautiful couples have long and wonderful marriages. Y'all have waited long enough- too long, even.

Posted by Dr_Awesome on December 6, 2012 at 6:27 PM

There was another picture of those guys on the New Hampshire Freedom To Marry Facebook page today, giving their oath that the information in their application is correct. They are possibly the cutest thing I've ever seen.

Posted by JenV on December 7, 2012 at 12:24 AM