Prop 8's human impact - video: 'I'm dying, and I can't wait anymore'

What a moving video...via the Courage Campaign. This shows why the delay in resolving Prop 8's constitutionality is having an adverse impact on human beings. Ed is 78 years old, has Alzheimer's disease and wants to get married before he can't recognize his partner of 40 years anymore. The Courage Campaign's field team drove out to videotape him because his story was so compelling.

Ed penned an open letter to the 9th Circuit, begging them to lift the stay. He also agreed to be in the amicus curiae letter we're submitting to the 9th Circuit.

Yesterday I found out the California Supreme Court denied a motion to speed up the Prop 8 trial. They're going to take their summer recess and come back in around 6 months or so. It must be nice for them.

Thing is, I am 78 years old, and I have Alzheimer's disease. I have been with my partner, Derence, for over 40 years. And if the courts drag this out for months and months, I fear I will, God forbid, lose the ability to recognize my beloved Derence when he gets on his knee to propose to me.

I can't afford that, and Derence deserves better. That's why I agreed to be named in Courage Campaign's amicus curiae letter to the 9th Circuit, asking that the stay be lifted so I can at least have my dignity on our wedding day.

You can co-sign his letter to the 9th Circuit, asking them to lift the stay.