Recently, Stephen and I were invited to participate in www.142days.com - a website and a project designed to give faces to the fight for marriage equality in California. As you know, for 142 days in 2008, gay men and lesbians were allowed to marry in California. That right was granted by the California Supreme Court, effective June 16th, 2008. In November of the same year, gay men and lesbians lost the right to marry after a highly contested and bitter campaign (Prop 8).

We consider ourselves fortunate to have been married during the time the State of California recognized gay marriages, and fortunate that (at least for now), our marriage continues to be valid and legal. But we are sad for the many other couples who were not able to get married duing those 142 days, and now cannot enjoy the same legal status we enjoy.

That's ultimately why we decided to join the 142 days project. The photo at left is from our photo shoot with Bela Dornan, the photographer who created the site. You can find out more about www.142days.com at the website, and more about the photographer at www.sdfaceplace.com

We hope you'll join us in our request for fair and equal rights for all, both at the State level, and at the Federal level. It's time for prejudice and discrimination based on sexual orientation to become a thing of the past, and for equal rights to be granted to all couples wishing to be married.