#yyyyyyyes

Fine then, I'll rewrite it for non-tiny Kirk.~~ Imagine Kirk carrying Spock through the front door after their wedding; even after Spock made a list of all the reasons why it was ever so illogical, and putting him on their big king-sized bed and making him list all those reasons out as he comes undone under his new husband.

Marriage equality affords us unprecedented protections that heterosexual couples have enjoyed for years. The right to do simple things, like be on electrical bills together. The right to do difficult things, like visit our partners in the hospital. The right to do life-changing things, like have protections for our children under the law. The right to do culturally important things, like wear ivory dresses and suits and cry in front of all of our friends and family and sign our names onto a license. Marriage equality is important because it negates one of the most immediately visible differences that separates gay humans from straight humans: the ability to be with our partners regardless of the gender of the people we love. But marriage equality is not the be-all-end-all of the LGBT civil rights movement. It is a step forward, it is not the entire fight.