We got married!

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1. Disneybear » Marriage ban likely to appear on Mass. ballot - December 2, 2005

[...] Well here we go again. I am so upset that people I don’t know, and don’t know me, might get a chance to decide whether I can visit my partner in the hospital, obtain joint healthcare, have bereavment leave should one of us die, and over 1000 other benefits heterosexual couples take for granted. But does anyone marry because of benefits? Perhaps…but we got married because we love each other. We were married after nine years on May 28th, 2004. Why is this anyone else’s business other than our own? Why do people want to deny me the right to happiness that they so richly enjoy? Do you believe in your heart that some people are more deserving of basic rights than others? [...]

2. Bill & Bert - December 23, 2005

Congratulatons. Our 16th anniversery is 1/29/06. Still waiting to get married here. Have experienced small problems during my partner’s cancer treatment earlier this year. I had to provide medical power of attorney copies to everyone.

Best wishes.. Bill & Bert [Seattle]

3. Disneybear » Ellen Degeneres - June 18, 2006

[...] I even lost a friend that I had kept on for years because of my homophobia. Her name was Debbie and she and her husband were born again Christians. Even though I told her I was gay the first week we met, somehow we became friends. I disagreed with her that homosexuality was a sin, but somehow I bought into the idea I could be friends with her while she disapproved of a major part of my personality. After years of study, and personal growth on my part, I realize how detrimental her attitude was to my well being. It all came to a head when Mike and I were able to get legally married here in Massachusetts. Debbie could not, and would not, be happy for us. I realized that “my friend” was against me. She would not support protection for my well being. She would lobby against me to have the same rights that she and her husband so richly enjoy… and take for granted. We talked hard about it. She did not believe that my relationship was the same as she had with her husband. It was acceptable to her that I would not get the same tax benefits that she would receive. I thought about the future. I thought of when Mike and I are older, and if one of us was to die, how we would not be entitled to each other’s social security. My “friend” believed that would be acceptable. What if I were sick and really needed the money? It was acceptable. Acceptable? I considered her a friend. I needed my head examined.  This is the love that her religion has to offer me? This is the kind of friendship she believed Christ has to offer? Please! I hope I go to hell. It was at this time that my true friends came by my side. My friend Danny was exceptionally supportive, and was outraged! For me to be friends with this woman was a personal affront to him. I realized that keeping Debbie as one of my friends was an insult to the people who truly love and care for me, and my relationship with Mike. True friends… nurture and encourage their friends. They also value great relationships when they see them. I had always done that for her and supported the relationship she had with her husband.  Why was I not entitled to the same? [...]

4. Max - January 23, 2008

I tried e-mailing you earlier, although hotmail no longer allows cheap-skates like me, use free hotmail accounts with outlook express. So I’l say it here!

This is random although I feel the need to thank you. My name is Max, I’m 16 and I’m from Australia (also gay). I like how your site defends the gay community with a humorous twist still managing to cover serious matters. Beyond that reading your site made me feel validated for being gay. Not that im not proud of it already! I really appreciate the support and i wish you all the best with your marriage. Though its a long way off for me, i hope to one day get married, unfortunatly its still illegal where I live but i doubt that will stop me hahaha.
Oh and for the record you got married on my Birthday! lol
I just hope you still check disneybear Max.

5. Forlaniz3 - May 21, 2008

CONGRATS BABY!!!!!! :p