Another step towards civilisation becoming civilised.
Jaque Roberts, left, and her partner of 31 years, Carmelita Cabello, right, show off their marriage license in Austin, Texas. What a beautiful photograph, their smiles say it all.

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Part of me wants to be cynical and crabby that it took so long. However, when I think about what would have happened if it had been 5-4 the other way, how long that would have taken to fix…I’m just so relieved. I’ve been smiling and crying and feeling all the feels while watching reaction videos and seeing couples finally being legally validated. It’s a beautiful thing.We’re finally walking on the right track.
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Yes indeed – smiles and gives her a warm hug.
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🙂
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The twenty first century moves into the twentieth century – funny how politicians and the law-makers lag behind reality isn’t it?
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Aye. When it is blindingly obvious that the day will come, and yet they spout their bigotry and bile, thinking it will stop the inevitable – they are but pathetic wretches.
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Next stop: the crazy and futile ‘war on drugs’. As Bill Hicks pointed out, if you can’t win a war against a bunch of people on drugs, then what does it say about you?
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Hahahahaha. Yep. I love Bill. I wish he was still with us.
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Woo-hoo! :0)
I am proudly flying the rainbow flag from a tree in my front yard today!
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Hurrah!
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Reblogged this on Old Road Apples and commented:
The smiles say it all. This is why I give a damn.
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Reblogged this on The Thought Zone and commented:
Its about time indeed.
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident…”
Occasionally.
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“…that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
It’s a slow, slow walk, – but every step forward is a joy to see, compared to the asinine steps backward that we see so often – smiles.
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I have never really understood American politics or much of American culture, but as you say,the smiles say it all.
Good one.
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It’s a lovely photograph isn’t it? I was immediately touched at the sight of it.
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Their smile is so beautiful it is infectious
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Beautiful, yes, and I do smile every time I look at it – shows some pearly whites.
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It is one of only two institutes you can’t disparage.
The President and Founder
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So true President and Founder. I think this quote from John Betjeman sums your connection up well –
“The gas was on in the Institute, / The flare was up in the gym*.”
*possibly should be ‘Jim’ instead.
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