It's a start....

NJ's Civil Unions begin today!

i know it's not perfect but it's a start. i think full equality is such a basic right, i can't even get my head around why people would be against it. It's incomprehensible to me. Must be the way that i'm wired... It sure wasn't the way i was raised by my parents. Perhaps it just comes from figuring out that i should always do the direct opposite that they did and then i'd be morally and spiritually ok?
(**edit: i am editing to add - since this is going to be such an uphill fight, we also need to have the step of "civil unions" in order to proceed with any other court filings. We, unfortunately need to have that first case of discrimination at work or a hospital where being in a civil union DOESN'T afford the same rights as marriage. Then the next legal step of proving that separate-but-equal is anything but. Master and i are married. Yes, we got married because 15 years ago, it was the next logical step in our relationship. Plus it afforded me health insurance and all the other benefits that come with marriage. However, we were married in a civil ceremony. No church, no temple, no sacred grove. Town Hall, by a judge, during night court on a Wednesday evening in August. How was that different than this type of civil union? Why do i get to have more, better rights than my gay friends? It's just so screwed up to me. **)

Today's a good day. i got some great emails today, full of exciting possibilities. i answered a bunch of emails that i put aside to do later when i got sick. Oy, procrastination does NOT become me. i think i have a lead on that cute boy i've been flirting with.... we'll see where this goes. If nothing else, i'm having fun trying to find out more about him. He's not "in the scene" as far as i can tell, so i have to not scare him off. :-) Hey, he's inspired me to finish writing some porn, so as far as i'm concerned - this is good for me!

i think i'll go make some toast and then finish packing.....