What? Don't tell me you're already having second thoughts. Without even knowing what my answer would be? That I would give anything, I would do anything, I'd be anything. To prove to the person that I love how much I love him. I finally thought of one good reason to do it. But, conversely, that's also the reason that I'm the best candidate.īecause as strongly as I was opposed to the idea, now that I'm behind it, I am as fervently and passionately committed. Who could blame you? I am, without a doubt, the worst candidate for marriage alive. But being different is what makes us all the same. and in the morning you have to shovel 'em off the driveway. She once told me that people are like snowflakes every one special and unique. My mother's standing way in the back with some friends. In the gay community, we have drag queens, leather daddies, trannies, and couples with children - every color of the rainbow. Why should it be? Do we all have to have the same lives to have the same rights? I thought that diversity was what this country was all about. I wanna be happy, I want some security, a little extra money in my pocket, but in many ways, my life is nothing like yours. Sure, in a lot of ways, I am just like you. I have a loving partner, two wonderful kids, a home, a small business. And as terrifying as it was, I'd be there again to defeat a bill that would deny rights to Americans just because they're gay.
It's an honor to stand here today, considering a few weeks ago the doctors weren't sure I was going to make it.