(Community Matters) The only thing tempering my excitement about same sex marriages taking place in California is the threat that some Americans honestly feel from same sex equality. I certainly don’t think this should slow down the wave of public policy providing equality for gays & lesbians; nevertheless, I wish it didn’t come with the price of unhappiness for others.

We’re your sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, grandparents and grandchildren; your bankers, firefighters, school teachers, ministers, electricians, physicians, groundskeepers and shopkeepers. We certainly don’t mean to threaten you or your ways of life. We simply want to participate in the dream embedded in every young child, of growing up, finding the one person we love and marrying that person in front of family and friends.

Despite the rhetoric of too many “leaders” (most for their own selfish reasons), we aren’t threatening anyone’s way of life; In fact, we’re reinforcing the institution of marriage – joining you and yours in testifying to its sanctity. here