To the editor: I am one of five siblings. Between three siblings, I think there were 11 marriages and 13 divorces. I lost count. (“As Conservatives Target Same-Sex Marriage, Their Power Becomes More and More Evident,” Opinion, June 25)
When my wife and I had been together for eight years, I made a really funny video of all the divorces and marriages, and how my mom changed all the pictures on the wall every time someone new was added to the family.
But I knew I would never have to change the image we had of my wife and me. We were together for 33 years (legally married for nine) until she died of cancer last April.
I always got furious when someone on the religious right said the phrase “the sanctity of marriage,” because I think straight people just take it for granted. I think the LGBTQ+ community values marriage, because they know how important it is to their rights and how easy it would be to lose them.
Denise McCanles, West Hollywood
