When Prop 8 was ruled unconstitutional yesterday I jumped for joy! The thought that some people would never be able to share in the happiness that I felt when I got married, based solely on their sexual orientation, made me so sad.
So, yes, I was very happy that the law banning same-sex marriage in California was repealed. I was 100 percent in support of my home state of New York's decision to legalize, too. After all, if same-sex marriage was illegal, we would never be able to share the story of Teena Marie and Nicole Delerme-Lugo!
Teena and Nicole were one of the first Mamás Latinas to sit down with our camera crew and share their story when we were building the site–and what a beautiful story it is! They have a gorgeous family, including grade-schooler Jeremy Nicholas and infant twins Jackson Noel and Ella Maly.
They also have a very loving, supportive extended family that helps them juggle all of their responsibilities from childcare to running the electronics store they just acquired–but most importantly, they have each other. Teena Marie told us, "I've always wanted to be a wife, I've always wanted to be a mother…to finally experience that and for it to finally come was surreal." If same-sex marriage was never legalized, Teena would never have been able to fulfill this lifelong dream of hers. Watch their story below:
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