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I am beyond thrilled that Iowa & Vermont have made same-sex marriage legal! We’re really on a roll here, aren’t we? I can only hope that other states quickly follow in our fight for marriage equality. Of course I’m really pushing for NY since it’s where we live and we’re planning a wedding for this September.
Since it’s not as straightforward as getting married in our home state we’ve really had a difficult time deciding where to have the civil ceremony performed. Originally we were going to do it in Toronto. This past Friday, in fact. I even went so far as to schedule an appointment at Toronto City Hall for 5pm on April 3rd! But we eventually decided against it because of the cost and logistics. We also considered Massachusetts and even took a trip up to Boston last September to search venues and get more information but we weren’t in love with the idea. It could be because it poured the entire time we were up there so poor Boston was tainted in our minds even though we’ve been numerous times before and absolutely love it there. We eventually ended up settling on CT, but we really haven’t made any plans whatesoever. People keep asking us when, where, etc but we’re not really motivated to commit to anything because we’re holding out hoping & praying that NY makes it legal by the time we get married in September.
Now it looks like it really could be a possibility. Govenor Paterson said Wednesday he plans to re-introduce legislation to make same-sex marriage legal in New York. It’s not a sure thing unfortunately. Even though the state Assembly passed the marriage equality bill in 2007, we still need for the Senate to pass it. They’re still a few votes shy for passage but hopefully this will help push the agenda and the votes can be secured. You can read more about it here.
I’m not giving up hope. Come on NY! You can do it!
