Well, it's getting near that time. Mark and I just picked up our marriage license at City Hall. The clerk was polite but perfunctory. We would have appreciated a "congratulations" or "best wishes". Alas...My heart was beating a little because it's still only been 5 years since it has been legal for same-sex couples to actually get a marriage license. Lest we forget that marriage remains a fight for millions of our American brethren, not to mention so many LGBT people across the globe. So, it was a big moment for us, and it was a shame it was mostly bureaucratic.
Pergaps this is what equality ends up meaning, in the end. "Stand in line here, please. Pay down the hall, please". Still, not a bad thing. I guess this is all worth the fight; to end up like every other normal Canadian: trapped in red tape, while your life opens up before you...
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