It was fairly certain that with something as big as legalized same-sex marriage rights recognized today by the California Supreme Court, that the Castro would erupt into an impromptu party. That's how we roll.The block on Castro between Market and 18th Street were cordoned off and a stage set up.
Speeches were given that received cheers that reverberated into the surrounding neighborhood.
When the speeches were finished, a d.j. started some techno spinning and the crowd danced and milled around until late into the evening.
The only downside are all the media helicopters still flying around noisily at 11:30 p.m. It sounds like a war zone.
Despite the noise, it's hard to imagine this happening anywhere else tonight in quite this intimate or peaceable a manner.
We're one large family. Tonight, we celebrate the right to have that fact recognized by our state.
It is the sort of thing that the Castro can do that the Village in NYC and WeHo in LA can't quite duplicate.
To think: The fight for equality in California started with Harvey Milk in San Francisco, was prodded by Mayor Gavin Newsom in San Francisco in 2004 and was decided by the California Supreme Court in San Francisco. It is very much a San Francisco story.
The Mayor of Castro Street would be so proud of all that has been accomplished since he won his election in 1977 and died for the cause in 1978. We completed the fight in California 31 years after his historic win as the first openly gay elected official in the world.
This one is for you, Harvey Milk. Thanks for the showing us that we could live openly and be accepted. Were it not for your faith in people, we wouldn't have this historic day.
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