Comments on: Where I come clean and admit that I’m a sucker for a good love story. http://itellstories.org/2008/11/08/marriage-and-proposition-8/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:47:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lazy Sunday | i tell stories http://itellstories.org/2008/11/08/marriage-and-proposition-8/#comment-1527 Lazy Sunday | i tell stories Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:06:44 +0000 http://itellstories.org/?p=1112#comment-1527 [...] been a strong supporter of the No On Prop 8 movement for the past little while — and this month, we celebrate the adoption of the Universal [...] […] been a strong supporter of the No On Prop 8 movement for the past little while — and this month, we celebrate the adoption of the Universal […]

]]> By: Sameer Vasta http://itellstories.org/2008/11/08/marriage-and-proposition-8/#comment-1242 Sameer Vasta Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:13:54 +0000 http://itellstories.org/?p=1112#comment-1242 Karim, sorry, I'm not usually this sentimental. =) And Iris, I'm sorry you missed lunch with our newly married friend Min yesterday. Was good times! See you soon, I hope, and hope the Wii injury is better now! Karim, sorry, I’m not usually this sentimental. =)

And Iris, I’m sorry you missed lunch with our newly married friend Min yesterday. Was good times! See you soon, I hope, and hope the Wii injury is better now!

]]> By: Iris Ng http://itellstories.org/2008/11/08/marriage-and-proposition-8/#comment-1241 Iris Ng Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:57:08 +0000 http://itellstories.org/?p=1112#comment-1241 loved the new post...sorry I wasn't there to bear witness to the strange marriage "policeman" you encountered on Saturday. I think I know you pretty well, especially where you stand on marriage and it's good to know that you believe in love in all in manifestations. xoxo loved the new post…sorry I wasn’t there to bear witness to the strange marriage “policeman” you encountered on Saturday.

I think I know you pretty well, especially where you stand on marriage and it’s good to know that you believe in love in all in manifestations. xoxo

]]> By: karim kanji http://itellstories.org/2008/11/08/marriage-and-proposition-8/#comment-1240 karim kanji Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:19:38 +0000 http://itellstories.org/?p=1112#comment-1240 Nice post Vasta! Nothing else for me to say...gotta go buy some Kleenex now..... Nice post Vasta! Nothing else for me to say…gotta go buy some Kleenex now…..

]]> By: Sameer Vasta http://itellstories.org/2008/11/08/marriage-and-proposition-8/#comment-1238 Sameer Vasta Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:16:33 +0000 http://itellstories.org/?p=1112#comment-1238 That's a great story in Time, Maria. Thanks for the link. And thanks for stopping by here. I often tend to spew whatever's on my end over here, and it's always nice to know someone understands (and sometimes agrees with) my thoughts. That’s a great story in Time, Maria. Thanks for the link. And thanks for stopping by here. I often tend to spew whatever’s on my end over here, and it’s always nice to know someone understands (and sometimes agrees with) my thoughts.

]]> By: Maria http://itellstories.org/2008/11/08/marriage-and-proposition-8/#comment-1237 Maria Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:04:17 +0000 http://itellstories.org/?p=1112#comment-1237 Marriage matters. We still vault it to sacred status, consider it the most important social institution out there. And like you say, Sameer, there's beauty in the idea. Human rights aside (though the crux of the matter) - it legally denies decent folks a time-honoured love story of an aisle with someone standing at the end, with whom to walk the ends of the earth. All this to say, your piece has the same feel to an essay from a while back that I enjoy: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,588877,00.html And lastly, your "blue eyes" analogy is uncannily similar to the Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes experiment from the 1960s! =) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Elliott Marriage matters. We still vault it to sacred status, consider it the most important social institution out there. And like you say, Sameer, there’s beauty in the idea. Human rights aside (though the crux of the matter) - it legally denies decent folks a time-honoured love story of an aisle with someone standing at the end, with whom to walk the ends of the earth.

All this to say, your piece has the same feel to an essay from a while back that I enjoy: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,588877,00.html

And lastly, your “blue eyes” analogy is uncannily similar to the Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes experiment from the 1960s! =)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Elliott

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