tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19504958.post116448951590811441..comments2008-08-07T12:00:31.928-07:00Stand UP Speak OUThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14604936097651459165noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19504958.post-1164577873891302622006-11-26T13:51:00.000-08:002006-11-26T13:51:00.000-08:00Dotti and Roby- <BR/>Congratulations for your loving union! Thank you for being the voice our world needs.<BR/>Love and continued blessings, JodiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19504958.post-1164575632949125632006-11-26T13:13:00.000-08:002006-11-26T13:13:00.000-08:00Marge and Diane...Thanks so very much for who you are and for your comments, as well as being a plaintif in the Marriage Equality lawsuit. <BR/> <BR/>I wish that we had known you were in Spokane. We spoke there for the last speaking engagement of our year long journey, Gay Into Straight America.<BR/> <BR/>Some feedback on why we choose not to use the term "wife." First of all, we honor that you make that choice. I (Dotti) was married to a man at one time. He was my husband, and I was his wife.<BR/>I do not consider myself Roby's wife now. Again, we celebrate that other people make that choice, but it is not a term that rings true for me, or us. One of the reasons we use "spouse" and that heterosexual couples we know use "spouse" is that the term "spouse" is an equalizer term by not being gender specific, and that works for us. <BR/> <BR/>Congratulations on being together for 25 years! That is awesome! Blessings to you! Dotti and RobyDotti &amp; Roby Berry-Sapphttp://www.GayIntoStraightAmerica.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19504958.post-1164522625456518012006-11-25T22:30:00.000-08:002006-11-25T22:30:00.000-08:00Our email address is, Ballantz@comcast.netMarge &amp; Diane Ballantznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19504958.post-1164522521728883032006-11-25T22:28:00.000-08:002006-11-25T22:28:00.000-08:00Congratulations! My wife, Diane, and I<BR/>were married in Nelson, BC, on July 21,<BR/>2003. <BR/><BR/>People, like reporters, members of clergy and our friends have asked us why, after being together for 25 years,<BR/>was being married so important to us?<BR/>All we could say was we wanted to enjoy<BR/>the same happiness as other couples. <BR/>Then we're asked how our relationship<BR/>had changed; it's just sweeter and more<BR/>tender, as you both know.<BR/><BR/>We wish your lives will be filled with all of the joys of being deeply in love.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing your story, and we <BR/>hope you refer to each other as your<BR/>wife. Someday soon it will sound perfect to anyone who hears you.<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/>Marge Ballack & Diane Diane Lantz<BR/>(soon to be the Ballantzs)<BR/>Spokane, WA<BR/><BR/>PS We were 2 of plaintifs in the Marriage Equality lawsuit against the<BR/>State of Washington..we tried our best.Marge &amp; Diane Ballantznoreply@blogger.com