Quote Monday

"On a rainy afternoon on January 27, 2008, my beloved husband died in our home in rural northern California. All our legal documents, all the laws of the State of California suddenly counted for nothing, nada, zilch to the Deputy Sheriff / Coroner standing in my living room. According to him, in our county only blood relatives and married spouses counted as next of kin. He intended to pack up all of my husband's possessions and ship them immediately to my brother-in-law in New York state."

~Dagon, relating the death of his husband and the subsequent nonsense carried out by the Sheriff's office. Read the whole story here.

This is why gays and lesbians are fighting for full marriage rights. There isn't enough documentation in the world to always protect us from hate or ignorance.