Monday, November 11, 2008

I want to grow old with you
Current mood: Non violently resisting
Category: Non violently resisting Music



This is a picture of Richard and I recently in Paris.*

We're married.
Some folks in California decided to change the American Constitution to legislate that this right should not be given to gay people in California.
Presumably because of what gay people will do to the definition of marriage.

Just so we are clear, this is our definition of marriage:
We want to grow old together.
We love each other so much that we want to share our lives together, forever.
We are monogamous. We're faithful. We're in it for the long haul.
Sometimes we argue over who's turn it is to make a cup of tea, but for the most part we are soul mates.

If, God forbid, one of us should fall ill, one of us will take care of the other one.
If,, God forbid, one of us should pass away suddenly, we would want our estate to go to the one of us who survives.
We'd like other stuff too, like, you know, the same tax breaks as other married couples and the civil rights you would extend any other committed couple in
the free world.
And to be able to be respected and receive the same rights that everyone else has.

But mostly, we just want to grow old together.

We're really lucky that the country we live in allows for same sex partners to receive all of these things. But some folks in California recently decided that some Americans did not deserve this same respect.

So for those people who voted to 'ban' gay marriage; to take away a right and permanently discriminate against a minority group - I wanted to share this picture
of Richard and I.
It's us, tearing down the fabric of good society and the sanctity of marriage in Paris.
Lock up your children!
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I wanna grow old with you

I wanna make you smile whenever youre sad
Carry you around when your arthritis is bad
All I wanna do is grow old with you

Ill get your medicine when your tummy aches
Build you a fire if the furnace breaks
Oh it could be so nice, growing old with you

Ill miss you
Ill kiss you
Give you my coat when you are cold

Ill need you
Ill feed you
Even let ya hold the remote control

So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink
Put you to bed if youve had too much to drink
I could be the man who grows old with you
I wanna grow old with you

Words and Music by Adam Sandler
From the Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Wedding Singer

*Photo credit : Maggz Appleton

Currently reading :
Non-Violent Resistance (Satyagraha)
By M. K. Gandhi