by Susan Berland | Jun 17, 2020 | LGBTQ Issues, Marriage Equality |
Five years ago, almost to the day, another Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality. I remember waiting and hoping, afraid to be optimistic. When the decision came down, I was sitting along in my house and I screamed and cheered and cried. It had been my...
by Susan Berland | May 27, 2020 | Family, LGBTQ Issues, Marriage Equality |
I posted the blog below on April 24, 2014, 6 years ago. It is still timely so I want to share it again. When I read the words, “a new normal” I realize now there is no new normal. It is what was normal all along. I also question the use of the word adjust....
by Susan Berland | Mar 11, 2020 | Marriage Equality |
Back in 2008 when I was working to defeat Proposition 8 on the California Ballot, we all talked about gay marriage. It didn’t seem any big deal at the time and not for many years afterward. We were fighting for our gay citizens to have the right to marry so gay...
by Susan Berland | Sep 25, 2019 | LGBTQ Issues, Marriage Equality |
Fifteen years ago I was writing my blogs about marriage equality and following the states who were voting to legalize it and states voting to outlaw it. I had a passion for marriage equality. I have one gay son and one straight son. One was able to marry and one was...
by Susan Berland | Sep 6, 2017 | Marriage Equality |
Anyone who has known me for a long time, knows that I’ve been passionate about marriage equality for a long time. When my younger son got married in 2000, it struck me how unfair it was that he could marry so easily because he was marrying a woman and my older son,...
by Susan Berland | Jun 14, 2017 | Family, LGBTQ Issues, Marriage Equality |
I keep reading stories about gay and lesbian couples who’s parentage is not being recognized in some of our states. That is, a mom who gives birth is recognized as the mother but her wife is not. I’m not familiar with the laws of all our states. I do know that where I...
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