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i remember when New York
meant only three things
progressive
avant garde
and
edgy

okay, okay and a whole lotta dog poop and crime too
gotta give Guiliani credit for getting rid of those things
even if he did throw the baby out with the bath water

now I'm, of course, just talking new york city
not new york state
but still

driving by the uber safe (i remember it as a bad version of needle park)
union square thursday night, my cab passed the thousands of protestors
horrified at the 38 against 24 vote to not allow gay marriage in New York

oh honey i would have gotten out and protested too
but i was on my way to a stonewall foundation fundraiser
which gives 14 million bucks a year to gay charities so
i figured i was helping the cause anyway

but sheesh
this means boston
which i'd always considered to be far less progressive
far more uptight
with way less edge and cool
as my beloved nyc
is like
well hipper
when it comes to gay rights

what happened to new york?

we are supposed to be the leaders
in free thinking
we are supposed to show the world
what it means to be tolerant

new york, new york

okay again
i gotta remember that
new york city has about as much in common with new york state
as say
miami does with florida
but still!?

sigh

here's hoping next year brings better news
for gay rights

at least we're not in Uganda
where being gay means prison or death

i hope
i pray
i hope
i pray
that the world gets its fucking shit together
one of these days
and realizes that we are all created equal

until then
can we at least stop sending money to Uganda
until they stop killing gays?!

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