On Friday, John and I were at the New York City courthouse applying for our marriage license. What could have been just another item on our wedding to-do list became something far greater as we witnessed men and women gathered together in celebration of their unions.

Weddings are always special. But what made this particular day truly magical was to whom those men and women were getting married.

In June, the state of New York passed the Marriage Equality Act, a law allowing same-sex couples to marry beginning in late July. And although John and I do not fall into that category, there is something very special and satisfying to know that we're coming together at such a momentous time in history.

We were chatting about this on our walk in Central Park this morning, when we noticed two women making their way toward the lake.  A few more steps confirmed that we'd seen them before... directly in front of us in the line for marriage licenses. I had been watching them that day, admiring the way they passed cameras, passports, and credit cards between them in a silent synchronicity that only comes from years of being together...