The Equality Act: 'Equal Dignity in the Eyes of the Law' - San Francisco Bay Times
By Stuart Gaffney and John Lewis– Seventeen years ago this month—February 2004—San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom made history when he burst open the doors of City Hall for LGBTIQ couples to be able to marry. When we said, “I do,” we felt something transform within us. We experienced our government for the first time treating us as fully equal human beings as gay people. At that moment, we vowed to do everything in our power to make LGBTIQ equality—and most importantly, the respect and dignity that comes with it—available to all. When the U.S. Supreme Court established the freedom...