Happy Article
There was a very good article in Saturday’s Chronicle/SFGate.

Class surprises lesbian teacher on wedding day

This is one of those rare happy stories you wished you see more of on the newspaper. It brought a smile to my face after I read it. Congratulations to the happy couple.

I’ve been in the habit of reading comments by fellow readers to gauge how everyone else feels about things happening around us. This article drew more than 2500 comments. I’m not surprised as Prop 8 is a hot topic lately. I couldn’t read all 2500+ comments of course, but here are a few that either I agree with or I think deserve a mention.


“At first, I was a bit conflicted about the actual term 'marriage'. My confusion was rooted in what I felt that the actual term 'marriage' was at heart an originally religious term signifying commitment between a man and a woman. But that simple term 'marriage' imparts many rights in this country too. So after a bit of thought I've come to the conclusion that 'marriage' means more about 'rights' as far as taxes, inheritance, visitation rights, adoption, etc. than the strict religious meaning, at least according to current Federal and most states laws. So just logically for me* it seems that same sex couples should have the same 'rights' heterosexual couples have. Equal rights under the law would seem to dictate that. I'm voting 'NO' on prop 8....”

“This class field trip is not parents or administrators advancing their own ideologies. It is not a waste of time or indoctrination. It IS an opportunity for these children to get a hands-on experience with a real current event. A good education goes beyond the classroom to the world that kids actually live in.”

"’How many days in school are they going to remember?’ asked parent Marc Lipsett. ‘This is a day they'll definitely remember.’ Totally agree with this quote. I'm happy that the kids got to take part in this event.”

"i am studying early childhood education and we are taught in our abti biased curriculum class that same sex coupleing should be taught/adressed because otherwise you are teaching the children to be biased or discriminatory just like not teaching children about other cultures teaches them bias and racism etc."

“Hey! That's great! Congratulations to the happy couple! But...get those kids back to school! There's plenty of reading and arithmetic to be learned. They're definitely not going to learn any good math in City Hall!”