I'm the Johnny Appleseed of gay marriage.

leapgirl8 · January 2012

Jen and I have joked about how we bring gay marriage wherever we go, because we got engaged in Boston in 2003 and planned our wedding for June 2004. Gay marriage became legal in Mass. late that spring. We moved to DC in 2007 and got a lame-o domestic partnership. In July 2009 DC started recognizing out-of-state gay marriage, and in 2010 made performance of gay marriages legal.

We usually say that we're moving to Oregon since we're moving to the Portland area, but technically we plan to live just across the border in Vancouver, Washington. I'm guessing that is what caused this to happen: https://www.kirotv.com/news/news/gov-gregoire-its-time-legalize-same-sex-marriage-w/nGFhY/

Right?? Wink

2moms2twins · January 2012

crazy cool..!!

ctbride08 · January 2012

hmm, where should we send you next??

LV1979 · January 2012

Maybe if we just park you in the Capital building it will get rid of DOMA and that would be a great help.

2brides · January 2012

LV1979:
Maybe if we just park you in the Capital building it will get rid of DOMA and that would be a great help.

Yes

Mrs._F · January 2012

ctbride08:
hmm, where should we send you next??

Yes

ball.and.chain · January 2012

I may be the opposite. After we got married in MA, we moved to CA. Enter Prop. 8.

Yeah, could you go to DC? Then we'd all benefit you spreading your, um, seed.

Kershnic · January 2012

NJ is so close, maybe you could just come for a visit to make it happen here??

(Because can tell you how *not* excited I am to file state taxes in NY as married, state taxes in NJ as uhh... possibly maybe civil unioned, and federal taxes as single?)

leapgirl8 · January 2012

Oh, this Capitol thing is ruining my theory, because I only live a mile or two from there and we don't seem to be moving on federal gay marriage. (Although, on that note, I'm having a good time laughing at the Republican candidates promising a Constitutional ban on gay marriage. They have to know that there is zero chance of that ever gaining the required super-majority (67%) in Congress and super-super-majority (75%) of states. That door, although closed very recently - I would say even in just the last 5 years - is not going to open again anytime soon.)

lnelson20 · January 2012

ctbride08:
hmm, where should we send you next??

MN please! We need to defeat an amendment this year

fitzhughh · January 2012

You are more than welcome to come to Maryland Big Smile

seattlekari · January 2012

Haha, love this! Of COURSE you're right. Wink

And yes, that's MY governor who I have voted for in every single heated election she's been through in our state. She's at the end of her term and I really really hope this will pass. She gave quite the passionate speech yesterday.

And because you're moving closer that means we're gonna do a meetup somewhere in WA right? RIGHT??? I see a road trip in our future!

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