I have been catching up on this month's Observer where there is a long article on "the Issue" and 1988 and those who personally went through it.

I also noticed in the last week that women are still struggling for equality in politics, in the work place and the church.

In the Observer article ,it seemed to me , that Gay men have seemed to come through the struggle of sexuality easier than Lesbian women.

Would this be a fair comparison when women in general are still struggling?

New York State Senate passed the the same-sex marriage bill with 33 - 29 votes!

ok, folks, I am making an appeal here...which may be off-line, and considered spam..but bear with me....

For years, folks who were gay were excluded from marraige.

For years, proms were a no-no

For years, the company Christmas party was a miss

and, yes, for years, competitions about my wonderful love, or our marriage, or our family, were only for a select group -- those of us who are married to those of the opposite sex.

The UCC at the 30th General Council, 1984