yolks...

well, i woke up this morning. the morning after the same sex marriage was made into law...

the sun was shining. the birds were chirping away. the neighborhood kids were out playing (and screaming at the top of their lungs as usual). their parents, i suspect were still obliviously happily or miserably married or maybe single. nothing out of the ordinary.

me? i felt ok. not anymore morally decayed than usual. i wasn't fearful of anything.

but i did feel happy that this debate was over. i was puzzled that it took so long to confirm a human right...

but was this debacle really over...?

i got dressed and jogged over to the library to return some cd's. through the neighbourhood, over macleod trail, and by the wal-mart. the canadian flags over the wal-mart were at half mast. interesting...did someone important die i thought? i should of dropped in to ask the MOD why the flags were down.

let's see wal-mart is american and owned by a pretty conservative family... it can't be about same sex marriage, eh? naw... i'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

this same sex marriage debate is not over...

legislation is good in principle, but it can't change people's biases, at least not overnight. it has nothing to do with gay people getting married. it has to do with hate of the gay people getting married.

canada prides itself with being a tolerant society, but there's a strong undercurrent of mistrust, ignorance, hate. i know it's there. every once in awhile it rears it's ugly head like this last little while with the same sex marriage "debate".

for all people who have felt it's wrath, today is a celebration. it's a small step towards equality for all and that's good...