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Marriage, or any committed partnership, has become sacred to me, powerful and fragile all at the same time.
There are many things that keep me from getting married. But there will be a time when marriage makes sense to me.
Marriage happened very late for me. It took place at a time, when my definition of companionship had really narrowed down.
There was a time my parents never listened to me. They wouldn't have forced me into marriage had they heard me out. But now, they support me.
I knew marriage was not the answer to changing the conditions for poor, black, queer folks. So I never felt compelled to get married - it just didn't seem important. But even if marriage wasn't right for me at the time, or a quick fix toward black empowerment, I found it repulsive that loving same-sex couples were refused the right.