Watch this video all the way to the end. NYC City Council Speaker Christine Quinn - an openly gay woman - discusses the marriage equality loss at a press conference yesterday. She breaks down when she talks about her and her partner's elderly fathers not getting to see them "dance at our wedding".
As I've mentioned before, as a resident of the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan - I am EXTREMELY well-represented when it comes to elected officials. Tom Duane, who led the marriage equality effort in the Senate, is my state Senator. Jerrold Nadler, one of the most gay-friendly members of Congress, is my representative in Washington. And Christine Quinn happens to represent my neighborhood in the New York City Council.
And I guess that's why it's so frustrating for me when we lose these fights - I live in a place where being gay is almost the norm. Hell, it's practically MANDATORY in Hell's Kitchen. So when 38 douchenozzles in Albany think I don't deserve the rights they have, it's always a bit of a shock to me - as it obviously was to Speaker Quinn.
