Couples waited in line to apply for their marriage license today outside the DC courthouse. Not a big deal usually except these couples were same sex couples.

No one was married today, there is a three day waiting period, but next week there will be an awful lot of newlyweds.

The day of celebration was not without disruption. Fred Phelps‘ Westboro Baptist Church was there to protest, name call, and be generally offensive. Fred Phelps and his minions are the people who protest at funerals for service men and women, they hate jews, they hate fags. They run around holding signs that say “God Hates Fagsthey are basically the scum in my opinion.

That’s them holding their “God Hates Fags” sign and this picture was taken at a protest last year. Sorry I can’t remember which one it was, nor who took the picture. I had permission last year but don’t know how long that is good for. If you took this picture and want credit please leave a comment and I will update.

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Okay, it’s been a long time since I posted. I’m sorry.
I’m moving this blog over to a Wordpress theme and my own domain so if anyone still reads this it will be kidsofqueers.com going forward. I’ll keep it here until I get all the bugs worked out over at Wordpress.
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