Comments on: Del Martin Made It That Far http://radiogalaxy.org/2008/08/28/del-martin-made-it-that-far/ Every great planet deserves its own show. Sun, 20 May 2012 05:37:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Eli http://radiogalaxy.org/2008/08/28/del-martin-made-it-that-far/#comment-64 Eli Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:25:23 +0000 http://radiogalaxy.org/?p=123#comment-64 hadn't heard that she had died. tried very hard not to cry at work... i feel privileged to have seen part of their story on TV when they got married. love isn't about gender and neither is marriage. keep holding your ground on what you want and know that there are lots of people out there that support you. hadn’t heard that she had died. tried very hard not to cry at work… i feel privileged to have seen part of their story on TV when they got married.

love isn’t about gender and neither is marriage. keep holding your ground on what you want and know that there are lots of people out there that support you.

]]> By: Dave Wiley http://radiogalaxy.org/2008/08/28/del-martin-made-it-that-far/#comment-63 Dave Wiley Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:47:47 +0000 http://radiogalaxy.org/?p=123#comment-63 And it looks like the same-sex marriage is going to stay legal in California. It appears to me as though the tide is finally changing. It's about time. And it looks like the same-sex marriage is going to stay legal in California. It appears to me as though the tide is finally changing. It’s about time.

]]> By: Maura http://radiogalaxy.org/2008/08/28/del-martin-made-it-that-far/#comment-62 Maura Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:32:13 +0000 http://radiogalaxy.org/?p=123#comment-62 I try to focus on the fact that the tide is turning for the better (I live in MA and really am proud of our Supreme Judicial Court), but it is hard not to be angry that this is still such a controversial thing for politicians to get behind. I do believe that NY will be added to the sane column fairly soon. On that day that does happen I'll think of your family, Laura. I try to focus on the fact that the tide is turning for the better (I live in MA and really am proud of our Supreme Judicial Court), but it is hard not to be angry that this is still such a controversial thing for politicians to get behind. I do believe that NY will be added to the sane column fairly soon. On that day that does happen I’ll think of your family, Laura.

]]> By: Robert Paterson http://radiogalaxy.org/2008/08/28/del-martin-made-it-that-far/#comment-61 Robert Paterson Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:46:33 +0000 http://radiogalaxy.org/?p=123#comment-61 You can always come to Canada Laura - hugs Rob You can always come to Canada Laura - hugs Rob

]]> By: KenY http://radiogalaxy.org/2008/08/28/del-martin-made-it-that-far/#comment-60 KenY Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:27:05 +0000 http://radiogalaxy.org/?p=123#comment-60 I didn't know much about Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon until 2004, when Mayor Newsom approved same-sex marriages in SF, and these long-time activists were, by design, the first same-sex pair to be married in San Francisco. Goddammit, it shouldn't have taken 4 more years for that to be legitimized in California, and goddammit, I'm angry that we're still debating this at all, and that the Federal effort seems so far away. But let us not rememer Del just for the act of getting married - that was just the last hurdle she cleared in her 50+ years of activism. She wrote over 40 years ago, "Nothing was ever accomplished by hiding in a dark corner. Why not discard the hermitage for the heritage that awaits any red-blooded American woman who dares to claim it?" And she and Phyllis have been living that life - we should all honor Del's life by going out and doing the same. (As an aside: as same-sex marriages become legal - and they will someday - then I may have to marry my girlfriend, since our domestic partnership benefits may become delegitimized as the field is levelling for all to get married. Ruh roh!) I didn’t know much about Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon until 2004, when Mayor Newsom approved same-sex marriages in SF, and these long-time activists were, by design, the first same-sex pair to be married in San Francisco. Goddammit, it shouldn’t have taken 4 more years for that to be legitimized in California, and goddammit, I’m angry that we’re still debating this at all, and that the Federal effort seems so far away.

But let us not rememer Del just for the act of getting married - that was just the last hurdle she cleared in her 50+ years of activism. She wrote over 40 years ago, “Nothing was ever accomplished by hiding in a dark corner. Why not discard the hermitage for the heritage that awaits any red-blooded American woman who dares to claim it?” And she and Phyllis have been living that life - we should all honor Del’s life by going out and doing the same.

(As an aside: as same-sex marriages become legal - and they will someday - then I may have to marry my girlfriend, since our domestic partnership benefits may become delegitimized as the field is levelling for all to get married. Ruh roh!)

]]> By: amy {missbliss421} http://radiogalaxy.org/2008/08/28/del-martin-made-it-that-far/#comment-59 amy {missbliss421} Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:43:02 +0000 http://radiogalaxy.org/?p=123#comment-59 this story makes me vascillate between joy and anger and sadness. joy that this woman was loved, and was able to marry her partner at long last. anger that this is even up for debate. sadness that you two would have to travel and marry elsewhere unless your state gets it's butt in gear and let you marry at home, where you and everyone else should be allowed to do so. breaks my heart, really. love is love...we should all be so lucky. this story makes me vascillate between joy and anger and sadness. joy that this woman was loved, and was able to marry her partner at long last. anger that this is even up for debate. sadness that you two would have to travel and marry elsewhere unless your state gets it’s butt in gear and let you marry at home, where you and everyone else should be allowed to do so. breaks my heart, really. love is love…we should all be so lucky.

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