It's a (rainbow) banner year

I was just thinking that it’s only early August, we’ve still got five months left in the year, but 2003 has already been a landmark year in terms of gay rights. Just in the past seven months, we’ve seen the Supreme Court strike down discriminatory anti-sodomy laws, Canada has legalized same-sex marriages, and now the first openly gay Bishop has been elected to the Episcopal church. Things like this are really neat to see.

I’m sure we’ve still got a long way to go before someone’s sexuality matters as little in how we view them as does the color of their skin their political views their religion — oh, well, so we’ve got a long way to go no matter what. Still, these events give me hope.

Update: Apparently, Kirsten was thinking along similar lines this morning. I loved this bit about possible consequences of Bush’s push to condemn gay marriages:

…I’m glad Bush is wasting time, money, and resources on this. In the midst of gay culture being accepted – hell, being popular! – this administration is sending up a sign of intolerance I don’t think most people will necessarily agree with completely. I think it will force people to think about how they feel about the issue. And I think ultimately it will draw the amount of attention needed to the topic to get it finally pushed through – in favor of gay marriage. Whether that comes through the congress’ refusal to pass a national law, or through enough attention being devoted to the subject that the Supreme Court feels it appropriate to finally examine the issue and make a decision – I hope this ultimately addresses the egregious wrongs our country has done against the civil rights of gay people.