I fell in love with Robert right at the beginning, I knew he was the one. He made me laugh like I'd never laughed, he was never predictable and to this day constantly surprising me and showing me there is even more to him. I love this man. On September twenty fourth of this year about sixty of our closest family and friends will sit in the pews of the Metropolitan Community Church of New York where I attend service and watch as Robert and I promise to love honour and obey eachother until death do us part. Then if the senate does the right thing we will sign our marriage license issued by New York City and the reverend Pat Bumgardner will submit it. We will then be introduced by her as married to these same family and friends. Both of us had complex journeys in our lives we come from faith traditions that would not perform same sex marriage. We were taught homosexuality was a sin. Our journeys to self acceptance and self love were also complex so being able to stand before everyone in our adopted home and has tremendous meaning for me.

I have therefore spent every moment I had spare in Adabbos Queens district talking to the people there about what same sex marriage means to the gay and lesbian new yielded who so desperately crave it. I literally implored people supportive of my rights who felt they were too busy to ca Adabbo to call him. I used my cell so they didmt have to use their minutes. Call him they did. When he declared his support for marriage equality he cited 4800 calls in favour of marriage equality compared to 1200 against it. His people spoke and he's going to represent their voices. When he made his announcement I cried, I laughed, I danced and I came to a sense of hope I can only call euphoria. Tommorow I go to Staren Island to talk to Andrew Lanzas constituents, I know they too will stand for justice, I pray for our love to be recognized as valid and beautiful by the state of New York