Monday, February 23, 2004

Gay weddings, gay revolution


2,000 Strong Gay Wedding Reception Photos, article.

People, many strangers, have been sending flowers to the SF city hall for America's first gay marriage license holders.

Robert Yamaguchi and Raymond Mungo were waiting outside City Hall in the cold early Friday morning when a florist clutching wedding bouquets handed them one. The outside of the accompanying envelope read, "To The Happy Couple, " and the card tucked inside said simply, "With love from Minneapolis, Minnesota."

The men -- who have been together for 23 years and flew up from Long Beach to make it official -- were stunned by the anonymous gift of red roses, irises, lilies and white Gerber daisies.

"Oh, my heart just burst with joy when he handed up those flowers!" Mungo exclaimed as Yamaguchi carried them in his arm like a beauty contest winner. "Some stranger who doesn't even know us is helping celebrate the event -- it's very touching."

The couple's gift has been replicated hundreds of times throughout the week as part of a grassroots movement called Flowers in the Heartland, or Big Gay Bouquet. It spread to Paypal donations which has thousands of dollars now. Current total: US $8135.47 from 532 people, this is not counting the money sent directly to the florists.

More happy couples.

This makes the Terminator very afraid, the big wuss, of anarchy and riots if this goes on.

But a spokesperson for the State Attorney General said: "We are not aware of any riots or any threat to public safety in San Francisco. As we have said, if there is violence, we would step in. At this point we see peaceful acts of civil disobedience on both sides. We are unclear as to what the governor is referencing in terms of riots. We urge a toning down of the political rhetoric. This is a complex issue, and we will be dealing with it in the courts."

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