Two women fall in love with each other, build a life together for 20 years, are married joined in civil union, and one of them dies, prematurely and tragically, in the arms of the other. Then, as their families and friends try to help the survivor with funeral plans, you're shocked to realize so concretely that the law of 49 states and the federal government regards them as nothing more than roommates and a large chunk of society views them as dangerous and diseased.
It's obscene and revolting. It is exactly as immoral and unjust as racial segregation was. The tortured fears and irrational arguments used by the bigots are nearly parallel. And the next motherfucker who opens his mouth about the gays in front of me is going to get his fucking jaw broken.
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