Guess Who Just Got Married!

I have been involved in the lgbt rights movement for more than a decade, coaching a lgbt swimming team, serving on the boards of two international lgbt rights athletic organizations, traveling all over the world promoting equal rights, etc. The state I live in, Utah, is not only dominated by one religion, but it also is known for very conservative politics. Nevertheless a federal judge ruled that the state's constitutional amendment that declared marriage to be solely between a man and a woman ( ironic given Utah's history) and declared the state also forbade any form of equal rights that approximated marriage (civil unions, equal benefits, you name it), was unconstitutional by federal standards. so Friday afternoon hundreds of couple went to various county clerks to get married. This morning two dear friends, Mike and Mark, a couple who have been together for years, got legally married. Congratulations!