Gay Marriage

This design was inspired by my best friend Sean and his boyfriend, Billy.  Their life together is very complicated.  Billy is an active duty solider in the Army and years ago,before he met Sean and before gays were allowed to have same sex partners in the military, Billy married his lesbian best friend so they could benefit from the spouse/dependent status.  This meant more money for them and better housing choices at their stations.  Now, Billy and his "wife" live in separate states with their new chosen partners, yet are still married to each other.  While Billy lives in a state that supports gay marriage and he could happily marry Sean now, his "wife" doesn't and so they remain married for convenience until she is stationed somewhere else that upholds gay marriage.

This cause is very near and dear to my family and I as we know how much Sean wants to be married to Billy.  We fully support marriage equality for them and everyone else who is suffering unfairly while these archaic state laws are still in effect that prevent their very happiness.  When I told Sean I was making this poster, I asked him what message he would like to see and the answer was heart-breaking:  how would his marriage destroy the "sanctity of marriage"?  So while designing this poster, I wanted to make something that reflected Billy and Sean's personality/style while still getting the message across.

This is just my draft version...I still have some touch ups to do like blending the flowers more.and I might fiddle with the fonts.  I wanted a "wedding invitation" feel to it but I'm not sure this is the one exactly.  We'll see how the final edits go!