I didn't ASK for this....

I know it's been a while since I was here, and for that I'm sorry. A lot has happened in the last few months. I celebrated my engagement to my wonderful partner and with my very accepting family, had a great holiday, and am now back and planning the next few months ahead, which include everything from a Canadian marriage and California road trip to figuring out why the dogs need SOOO many shots just to move to England.

But, nothing has changed that this blog can write about. In fact, we got worse.

Sure, some can argue.. "oh James, DADT got repealed, and prop 8 might be finally overturned too." But for me, that's the icing on a cake that was never put in the oven.

Today, the RNC elected Reince Priebus (were all the normal names taken?) as new chair of the RNC. Here was his very loving take on gay marriage:



And then, Obama, Mr. YES WE CAN!.... (not to diss him TOO much because he is still doing a decent, if not great job), states that he is 'struggling with the idea of gay marriage."

So fine. You know what. It's fine. This is not the first time in history that one side has denied another side rights based on BELIEFS (since slavery), and in 2011 it's still holding true.

I've sort of stopped writing because to me, this blog has become somewhat pointless. I live in a Nazi-esque society that denies a portion of that same tax-paying, hard-working society the basic rights because "we don't think it's right." Well, I don't think polygamy is right but Utah is still a state. And I definitely don't think divorce is right but 58 percent of the population might disagree with me.

So fine, I was born gay, surrounded by divorced couples. But I have to flee my own country just to get married. And the people in office, who are defending the 'sanctity' of marriage, obviously haven't been to las vegas.

If 2012 is an apocalypse, I hope the next time around we start as equals. Adam and Eve, or Adam and Steve. My life never interfered with yours. And yet you did such a good job.... of interfering with mine.

And to end... I may not live to see equality in this world. I just hope, and pray, that my children NEVER experience what I did. I hope they live to see a world where prejudices are overturned, where religious beliefs don't hold political precedence, and where they can fall in love... and the world can say..... congratulations. We wish you the best.