CASTRO STREET FAIR: Sunday, October 4, 2009, San Francisco, 11am - 6pm
MyQueerWedding.com Community Booth
The theme for this year’s Castro Street Fair is “Come Get Hitched in The Center of The Gay Universe!”
Once again, MyQueerWedding.com will showcase a selection of our community members at the Castro Street Fair in San Francisco. Stop by our booth at this special event to celebrate same-sex weddings and connect with wedding vendors who are supportive of marriage equality.
Meet these featured wedding vendors in person who could help you with your special wedding plans: Simply Perfect- It’s Your Day!, My Wedding Portraits, Rev. Ed Wright, Rev Max and more!
Our booth at San Francisco Pride 2009 on Saturday June 27 and Sunday June 28 showcased a selection from our community of wedding businesses who are supportive of marriage equality. Participating MyQueerWedding.com member businesses included: Angelica Limousines, Bayleaf Restaurant, Ben Janken Fine Photography, Dark Garden Unique Corsetry and Couture Clothing, Debut, Global Pride Tours, The Reverend Edward J. Wright, Reverend Max, San Francisco Gay Wedding Video, and Wildwood Acres Resort.
Photo by Ben Janken Fine Photography
We reached out to hundreds of same-sex couples who are planning their wedding in spite of the legal status and the economy. One of the things we heard over and over again from same-sex couples who visited our booth was relief and gratitude that there are wedding businesses who will support them, which is why MyQueerWedding.com is here! Ben Janken took photos of more than 30 same-sex couples who visited our booth.
Nothing irritates me more than a news article spouting facts that deceive the uneducated reader. Except perhaps a journalist who writes the article. Recently, Cathleen Decker had an article in the Los Angeles Times saying:
“…Overall, the poll showed a majority of voters in Los Angeles support the right of same-sex couples to legally marry, with 56% in favor and 37% opposed. That finding closely tracked results of November’s election, when Proposition 8, which limited marriage to a man and a woman, won statewide but lost in Los Angeles.
But the poll also showed that within the city, views on the issue differed widely among racial and ethnic groups.
White voters were most emphatic in supporting same-sex marriage, with 68% approving of it and 27% opposing. African American voters were almost the opposite, with 54% opposing same-sex unions and 37% supporting them. Opposition to gay marriage by African Americans was widely seen as a major factor contributing to the passage of Proposition 8…”
The last sentence here is not only absurd it’s ridiculous. According to the recent government poll African Americans make up 6.3% of the California population. That means (and we’re talking grade school math here…) 6.3% = African Americans in California Population and 54% of THEM opposed same-sex marriage. This means that African Americans that opposed Same-Sex Marriage = 3.4% of the population of California.
To say that the opposition to gay marriage by African American voters (3.4% of the population) is a “major factor” in the passage of Prop 8 is bordering on stupid. In fact, if Blacks voted the same as Whites you would only reduce the spread by 2%. Since according to state totals the voting results had a spread of 4.5% this means that Blacks voting identically to Whites in California would NOT have changed the results.
It makes me wonder what is the motivation behind Cathleen Decker’s articles? Is she just trying to stir up conflict between the Black community and the Gay community? Is she being paid by the Right Wing groups to divert the blame from them to the small group of Black people. I don’t know her or her motivations but she is clearly NOT able to convey the truth.
On Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28, the MyQueerWedding.com booth will showcase a selection of our community of wedding businesses as part of the San Francisco LGBT Pride event. This is a great opportunity to meet queer-owned and queer-friendly wedding businesses who provide products and services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other un-labeled and non-traditional couples for their wedding celebration.
San Francisco LGBT Pride is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender event in the country, with over a half million people expected to gather in the Civic Center of downtown San Francisco during the last weekend of June to enjoy the celebrations. Watch Video of highlights from SF LGBT Pride Celebration & Parade 2008.
We are deeply saddened by the CA Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Prop 8, however we are delighted that the 18,000 same-sex couples who were married in California in 2008 will remain legally married.
Loving and committed relationships cannot be stopped by passing a law against them! Now more than ever, MyQueerWedding.com continues to be committed to providing resources to same-sex couples for their wedding celebration as the fight continues, to achieve marriage equality for all in the state of California and beyond!
Now more than ever, MyQueerWedding.com continues to be committed to providing resources to same-sex couples for their wedding celebration as the fight continues, to achieve marriage equality for all in the state of California and beyond!
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Proposition 8 in California, which takes away the right to marry for same-sex couples in our state. California has come a long way since 2000, when Proposition 22 passed with a 23% majority. Eight years later the gap has closed tremendously with Prop 8 passing with only a 5% majority.
The number of Californians who support same-sex marriage continues to grow and if Prop 8 is not overturned by the courts we expect it will be overturned by popular vote in the next 2 to 4 years. Same-sex couples we have spoken to have been having weddings to celebrate their loving and committed relationships for more than 25 years, regardless of marriage being legal for them. Love cannot be stopped by passing a law against it!
MyQueerWedding.com helped sponsor “Wedding Wednesday” a day of same-sex weddings produced by the East Bay Express newspaper. Congratulations to the three couples who are now legally married, Molly and April, Ted and Brian, Robby and Bryan!
MyQueerWedding.com spent the day at San Francisco’s City Hall to help spread the word about the documentary we are making about marriage equality. It was an exciting day to be part of such a historic time for same-sex marriage. Queers and straight allies were on the steps of City Hall in support of all of the same-sex couples who arrived to get married.
MyQueerWedding.com attended the first ever Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender Wedding Pavilion as part of the Golden Gate Business Association Pride Business Expo in San Francisco. Our booth was met with much enthusiasm, as same-sex couples were happy to discover our website community of wedding businesses who support same-sex marriage. Many news reporters interviewed us and featured our website including the San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, New York Times, Wall Street Journal.
