Well, I am not sure that this really is the right title for this post, but it is the title that came to mind.  If you don’t know what it means, well, you should just brush up on your musical theatre.

I think the text in the image says all I need to say.

So, you may have seen this image floating around the tubes, especially on Facebook.  I first saw it when it was shared by George Takei.  I have also heard that there is a version where Jesus’ second line is “Did I fucking stutter” but that is really neither here nor there.

In any case, the image sparked quite a long comment thread on Facebook, and it really amazes me how defensive people get.  I shouldn’t be so surprised I suppose, given where I live, but it annoys me to no end.  The worst bit is that everyone gets totally defensive for their side and in the process misinterprets things that others have said.

I just want to know how long it is going to take this country to solve this latest bit of equality issues.  We are a country founded on facing equality, from women’s rights to racism, now to sexual orientation.  How many times to we have to re-invent the wheel on this one?  We have proved that people are people and we have made it into law, why do we have to do it again.

I have said many times, at least in the USA we have freedom of religion, but we also have a separation of church and state.  You are free to believe whatever you want in your home and in your place of worship, but out in the real world you have no right to impose your beliefes on me or anyone else.  It also means that religious beliefs should not affect government policy.  Therefore, since in this country marriage is goverend by the state, not by religion, there should be no question as to people who are not heterosexual being married.

That is all, putting my soapbox away for a bit.

Well, this post has been a long time coming.  One might even say four years in the making, though I have also delayed writing it for a few weeks.  Of what am I talking you ask?  Well, over the holidays Ruth (my girlfriend of four years) and I got engaged.  As a box in a box under her grandmother’s Christmas tree is where she found the ring.  Everyone was pretty excited, especially her grandmother, who thought it was wonderful that I decided to “pop the question” in her home.

The reason that I have not posted about it before now was that we wanted to make sure that our closest friends and family heard from us and not from our blogs or Facebook.  Just remember who we needed to call was not the easiest thing to do.

So, now we have begun the amazingly difficult process of planning a wedding.  It is going to be a lot of work and a lot of pulling hair, but I think it will end up being a lot of fun.  We created a website for us where we will try to keep track of the process and keep our friends and family up to date.  That can be found at http://wedding.ruthandalex.info.

That is about all I have at the moment. More soon I am sure.