All day today since I heard the news of the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling, the only thing I’ve been able to think about is Wilfried Knight’s suicide in March 2013 and that of his husband a month earlier.
What a shame it is they couldn’t keep up the fight for just two and a half more years. The dreams they shared became full-fledged reality today. The cause for which they both took their own lives is, today, moot. I can’t help but think their suicides were a tragic waste since they had no impact at all on today’s ruling. What a crying shame they killed themselves instead of just being patient a little while longer.
The saying is so true: Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
[written by Scott]