Over at Gay Marriage Guide we made a list of what we feel are the top 10 best gay wedding honeymoon destinations and we want to bring the top 5 of them to you here. Check them out:

1. Massachusetts
Since Massachusetts was the first state in the U.S. to legalize gay marriage we feel it’s only fitting to include them on our list. Not to mention, Provincetown, the gay and lesbian mecca of the U.S., is located here.

2. New Jersey
New Jersey recently legalized civil unions for gay and lesbian couples. We think this, along with the fact that they have many beautiful beaches and boardwalks (and casinos for you gamblers out there,) that this would me an exciting U.S. destination for your gay or lesbian honeymoon.

3. California
The gay capital of world, San Francisco, California, would make a fantastic spot for your honeymoon festitivities, don’t you think? There are so many activities, beaches and other places to visit in California where gay and lesbian couples will feel comfortable. You don’t even have to just stay in San Francisco if you don’t want to. There’s a lot to do in this beautiful state, which also, recently legalized gay marriage.

4. Hawaii
Hawaii is just a breath-taking location for a honeymoon for any couple, gay or straight. There are many beautiful islands that are a part of Hawaii, which include many gorgeous beaches and gay friendly spots. You can check out: Kauai, Maui, Oahu and of course, Hawaii. You really can’t go wrong here.

5. Connecticut
Just yesterday, the Connecticut Supreme Court legalized gay marriage. You’ll find an amazing gay and lesbian oriented nightlife all throughout Connecticut, plus you’ll have many quaint inns and bed and breakfast spots to stay. Plus, shopping galore. And oh my God, the fall foliage is just absolutely gorgeous!

You can find the rest of our top 10 gay wedding honeymoon picks at Gay Marriage Guide.

If you notice, we include a lot of states and countries that support either gay marriages or at the very least civil unions or domestic partnerships, etc. We believe it’s important to support the states and countries that support us!

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When you get back from your honeymoon, come back here and let us know where you went, what you did and if you’d recommend it for future gay and lesbian couples to go on their honeymoon.

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I apologize but I had this posted before but lost it when we moved over to the new server. So here it is again:

The top 6 Episcopal Bishops in California go on record with their opposition to Proposition 8. Remember, Proposition 8 is the ballot inititive that folks can vote on in November which would ban same-sex marriage.

The bishops are saying that allowing gays and lesbians to keep their right to marry would enhance the “Christian values” of monogamy, commitment and love.

I just want to add here that it’s important for religious and non-religious groups to realize that monogamy, commiment and love is a HUMAN value, not just a value that folks of a particular faith have. Please always remember that. We, as gays and lesbians, believe in and want monogamy, commitment and love just like the straight people of the world do. Our religious beliefis irrelevant when it comes to that. (Btw, just for the record I should probably say that not ALL gays and lesbians and not ALL straight people are into monogamy, commitment and love.)

“We believe that continued access to civil marriage for all, regardless of sexual orientation, is consistent with the best principles of our constitutional rights,” said the Rt. Rev. J. Jon Bruno, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. (Amen Rev. Bruno.)

Bruno also went on to say, “We do not believe that marriage of heterosexuals is threatened by same-sex marriage.” (You’re right Rev. Bruno, it’s not. And if a heterosexual couple feels that their marriage is in fact threatened by same-sex marriage then I’m afraid that it’s time for the heterosexual couple to file for divorce because they don’t have a very strong commitment and love for one another!)

I say bravo Rev. Bruno and the rest of the bishops for standing up and opposing this bill.

Why is it that these bishops can see this but the rest of the religious community (and some non-religious folks) can’t? This baffles me…..and it’s a discussion that I’ve had with quite a few married heterosexuals and when you ask them in a certain way, it turns out that they really don’t have a problem with same-sex marriage and they really DON’T feel that it would hurt their marriage. Actually…I’m gonna start a new post about this……

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I was just reading this post called Gay Marriage Is Good For America by Jonathan Rauch and I have to say I was rather impressed with how he explained certain things.  And how he asked heterosexual folks to go back through their life and to imagine that they never, ever had any hope of marriage.  He makes an awesome, awesome point with that but he and I know that…….

The truth of the matter is it IS hard for someone (i.e. heterosexuals) who have never had to question not being able to marry one day in their lives to now think about not being able to marry.  Right?  I mean how can you possibly be able to understand ones right to want to marry so badly when you’ve never ever had to question your right to marry…..EVER.   I mean you are born, you’re a kid and dream of that wedding day with the white dress and black tux and throwing rice, you become a teenager and adult and date and voila YOU GET MARRIED!  That’s just the way it is for heterosexual folks…you never think “oh my…I met the girl (or boy) of my dreams and I am not allowed to marry them.  What are we gonna do?”  That thought doesn’t run through your mind because it doesn’t have to…you could have met yesterday and you can STILL get married (although that’d be pretty dumb, but hey you are still allowed to lol)

So, when that is your life I can understand sometimes how it’s hard to not think about gay and lesbian Americans and their fight to get married because well quite frankly, it doesn’t affect you, does it?  Nope.  Because you are still allowed to marry whether gays and lesbians are or not, right?  Right.  BUT since you know that you’ve never, ever had to worry one second about your ability to marry in your life, from the time you were a little child and dreaming about your wedding day to the time you were a young adult and realized that you wanted to spend the rest of your life with the person you were dating, well maybe, just maybe you can take THAT feeling and try to understand that we, as Gay and Lesbian Americans, are fighting every single day just for that!  Imagine that gets taken away from you and you can’t rely on the fact that regardless of anything you will marry the person you want to spend the rest of your life with………don’t say you can, imagine you CAN’T as Jonathan Rauch asked you to do!  That is what gay and lesbian Americans struggle with every single day.

The bottom line is that we love and feel and live just like every heterosexual couple does.  We are no different.  The only thing that makes us different is who we love, but that in itself should be irrelevant because we ALL (straight or gay) love different people and it doesn’t matter if the person is irish, asian, brunette, blonde or heck even an alien darn it!  We each love different people.

Since gays and lesbians NOT being able to marry didn’t affect your ability to marry nor your thought process and dreams of marriage….guess what?   Gays and lesbians being ABLE to marry won’t affect your ability to marry nor your thought process and dreams of marriage either.   It will just make the world a place filled with MORE LOVE and that is never a bad thing, is it?<br>

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Posted under Government, gay marriage, glbt rights