LOVE IS IN THE AIR!!!

There are some things that I absolutely LOVE about living in the Portland area. Today, there is one more thing to add to the list of things.......Multnomah County is going to begin issuing marriage licenses to gay couples today!!!!!!!! They made the decision in private and announced it last night. The official news conference will be this morning, but already people were lining up overnight.

I AM SO HAPPY!!!!!

We are going to go down to give couples in line flowers later this morning. I didn't have the cash to send flowers to the people in San Fransisco before, but I have some now and how wonderful that we can go and give them to the people face to face. We can show our support and share in the love.

Of course the hate-filled discriminatory opposition is already rearing its ugly head. The usual players were fast to respond with the usual rhetoric....blah blah blah. It makes me a bit nervous here in "little Beruit" (the lovely label bestowed on this region my the elder Bush several years ago...) that the police will be out in their typical excessive force. They have already said they will be "erring on the side of caution" but did not elaborate as to what that means. I imagine that it means there will be cause for the chant..."You're sexy, you're cute, take off your riot suit!" Portland police love to get dressed up for a good show. There is a call for the governor to step in and prevent it from happening. I hope that Mr. Kulongoski has the cajones to stand up for what is right and leave it alone...or better yet...send his well wishes to the happy couples!

LOVE IS IN THE AIR!!!!!!

posted by Unknown at 4:15 pm