Gay marriage isn't important? Tell that to THESE guys! Elderly Marriage Activist Dies...

[WillParkinson]

Elderly Marriage Activist Dies Waiting For Prop 8 To Be Overturned

Ed Watson, above left, has died at the age of 78. Watson made national news this year when he expressed his hope that he would be allowed to marry before Alzheimer's Disease robbed him of the ability to recognize Derence, his partner of 40 years.

Gay rights activists lamented Watson's death as a reminder of the harm inflicted on same-sex couples throughout the state because they are denied the right to marry. "It's ironic that he died on the eve of appeals about peripheral issues around a case that should have been settled more than a year ago," said Richard Jacobs, chairman and founder of the gay rights advocacy group Courage Campaign, as he was en route to San Francisco for a hearing before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. "None of this will matter to Ed or Derence."


http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/12/los-angeles-elderly-marriage-activist.html

[xchrom]

1. May Peace be with his family and friends. Nt

[Bluenorthwest]

2. This is what the anti-marriage equality types want, this is their

goal. Today, the haters celebrate the defense of their precious sacrament, now clean and holy for Newt and Calista.

[d_r]

4. you are probably right

I don't want to think about people being that mean and ugly. I hope it is just because they are stupid or uninformed, I can understand that. But you are probably right.

[William769]

3. I wept when I read this story.

I posted another one over on DU3 although it's not as depressing it is as important.

Recommended.

EDIT: link to a story on DU3. http://www.democraticunderground.com/du3/1137238

[Doctor_J]

5. It's nothing but a political football,

a way for the fringe right-wing fundies to get their brain dead followers to the polls.