I LOVERMONT

When I found out today was the day that gay couples could tie the knot legally in Vermont, I had planned on writing about it. (Ironically enough the day after I posted about Harvey Milk. It hadn’t even dawned on me.) There’s something else that makes this deal even sweeter. My home state liberal and delicious ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s has done this in support of the passed law.

I am sitting here just tickled. I mean elated. Not only can my brother and lots of other people I love- like this big (Imagine HUGE arms out) actually marry someone they love of the same-sex now and have equal rights, but how totally incredible that such enormously-followed and wildly successful companies such as B & J’s continue to support causes for social justice and equality like this gay marriage law?

I think it’s perfectly appropriate to say here…Ben & Jerry’s- you are friggin’ awesome!!!

Of course there are always these people too- who just need to get a friggin’ life. Hey protesters!- Maybe if you ate a bite of Hubby Hubby you’d stop hating yourselves and everyone else so much. Perhaps then you could actually start worrying about real problems and issues. Come on. Try it. Peanut butter-cookie-dough-fudge-pretzely goodness? Go ahead and tell me you don’t want to lick every last ounce out of that Hubby Hubby pint.

Yeah, that’s what I thought. Even ignorant jerks like delicious gay ice cream. You are so busted.

Oh if you could see the mischievous little smile on my face.

Today, Tuesday September 1st, 2009. 

Giant steps. 

Thank you Vermont.

Thank you for making me proud to be from you and helping to make so many people who are normal and beautiful humans feel like actually really are.