{"id":280,"date":"2013-11-05T17:59:12","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T01:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/?p=280"},"modified":"2013-11-05T17:59:12","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T01:59:12","slug":"52-photos-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slowbloom.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/52-photos-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"52 Photos: Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

To be honest, I thought I had missed the deadline for the celebration prompt. I just wasn’t feeling it, as my friend Rebecca said so beautifully<\/a>. But seeing her post gave me the tiniest glimmer that I might have a picture somewhere in my vast archive that captured a celebration. And then I found this treasure:<\/p>\n

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Yippee! A Catholic for marriage equality! <\/p>\n

This picture was taken almost a year ago, but the moment it was celebrating was the triumph at the polls on election night. For the first time, marriage equality measures were passed IN THREE STATES. BY A POPULAR VOTE. I like the symmetry, because today is election day. And the legislature in Illinois just passed a marriage equality bill. And Hawaii is on the cusp of passing marriage equality in their state as well. <\/p>\n

Even though there is still so much work to be done, we can pause and celebrate our victories, too. There are now 15 states that recognize the legality of same-sex couples’ love. Before the election last year, I think there were 10? Plus the District of Columbia. So here’s to love! <\/p>\n

Love wins!
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