Fridge Wisdom: New Mexico Legalizes Same Sex Marriage
Congratulations to New Mexico for becoming the 17th state (and DC) to legalize same-sex marriage! After Hawaii, I thought it was going to be until another election before I’d get to slap another state magnet on the Designer Daddy fridge. But then New Mexico’s supreme court up and unanimously votes to bring marriage equality to […]
Fridge Wisdom: Same Sex Marriage Passes in Hawaii
The state that has given us several cool TV shows, a super catchy Christmas song, and the weirdest Disney movie to date, adds yet another dash of fabulous to our country. Today marks the day LGBT American can now get married in Hawaii. Yet same-sex marriage is becoming such a common occurrence that many media outlets […]
Fridge Wisdom: Same-Sex Marriage in Illinois
I’m particularly proud of Illinois legalizing marriage equality, as I was born in Alton, and then lived outside Champaign/Urbana for a few years as a kid. I can’t really claim it as my “home state,” as I was a nomadic Military Brat, but I’ve always been proud to be from the Land of Lincoln. Now […]
Fridge Wisdom: Same-Sex Marriage is Jersey Strong
Congratulations to the people of New Jersey, and particularly those same-sex couples getting legally married in the Garden State today! Welcome to the club! New Jersey, legislation passed September 27, 2013. Weddings begin October 21, 2013. Think it’ll get overturned? Fuggedaboutit! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . […]
Fridge Wisdom: The State(s) of Same-Sex Marriage
Regardless of the Supreme Court’s decisions on DOMA and Prop8, I wanted to take a moment and honor the states (and a couple of countries*) that laid the groundwork to get us to this point in the nation’s history. Over the last decade, thousands upon thousands of Americans have sacrificed their time, money, privacy and […]
Fridge Wisdom: Four More States Make It Over the Rainbow
And then there were 15. Just over a dozen states remain either defiant against or dragging their heels on legalizing same-sex marriage. 62.4% of Americans now live in a state where same-sex marriage is legal. As we get down to these last few hangers-on, I’m tempted to highlight the ironies of the infamously anti-gay events […]
Fridge Wisdom: Way To Go, Idaho… and North Carolina, Alaska & Arizona, too!
I don’t have a particular fondness for Idaho over the other three states that legalized same-sex marriage last week — it just made for a better rhyme. Ironically, it’s the only state of the four I’ve not visited. In any case — way to go! Over 60% of the US population now lives in a […]
Dear Supporters of Same-Sex Marriage: Please Stop Raining On Our Parade*
*LGBT community, I’m talking to you, too. . . I’ve been remiss in my duties as a same-sex marriage magnetic merry-maker. I decided at some point (probably during the whole Utah kerfuffle, or perhaps Indiana flip-flopping) that I wasn’t going to fully celebrate a state legalizing same-sex marriage (with a magnet and blog post) UNTIL […]
Fridge Wisdom: God Save the Queen (or Two)
Another update to my magnetic commemoration of states and countries that have legalized same-sex marriage. Long Live the Queen! Long Love the Queens! God Save the Queen for Saving the Queens! Piccadilly Circus! Fish & Chips! Bangers & Mash! Okay, that’s enough of that. Congratulations to our friends across the pond for their fabulously progressive […]
Sharing History: A Gay Dad & His Son Take a Field Trip to SCOTUS
I’d been battling a summer cold and was giving my achy muscles a rest, when multiple alerts on my phone roused me from grogginess. At long last, the Supreme Court had ruled to uphold the legality of same-sex marriage! Friends and family were texting, emailing and posting in a celebratory barrage of beeps and tweets. […]
