There's a wonderful obit in The Washington Post today — wonderful not because its subject has died, but because it should make the Family Research Council and other opponents of marriage equality heartily ashamed of themselves.
Bob Davis, the voice of WGMS-FM and fixture of the Washington media scene, died on February 23 at the age of 90. His immediate survivor is his husband, Henry Schalizki, whom he married on their 62nd anniversary as a couple last year.
Mr. Davis and Mr. Schalizki were able to wed, of course, because the District of Columbia — like only five U.S. states — has legalized same-sex marriage. As the state of Maryland appears shortly about to do, we might add.
You know, if same-sex couples could marry in all 50 states, such obits would not be remarkable. Making them more ordinary is a noble goal — worth attaining not just in and of itself, but as a tribute to guys like Bob Davis and Henry Schalizki.
In the words of the obituary: "Schalizki once said [that he and Davis] endured as a couple because of a motto they embraced: 'I'm always right, and he gets his way.'"
Sage advice for us all. We cats PURR.
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