Hundreds mourn Rose Simmons at the Santa Fe Mountain Center
By Maassive on July 4th, 2009
I don’t want to write about this. Even a reporter needs a moment for sorrow, so I wasn’t covering today’s memorial for Rose Simmons at the Santa Fe Mountain Center. I was just there.
Nevertheless, I’ve got to blog something. Hundreds turned up to pay respects under the rumbling sky, beside the trickling creek. Dan Koffman, the father of Avree, was smiling. John Simmons, father of Rose, told a story of monkeys washing sweet potatoes. It was beautiful.
Bianca from Youth Allies read the entire text of Dr Seuss’ The Lorax. All I can recommend is that those of you who couldn’t make it do the same. Finish it, and you’ll understand what’s been lost and what remains to be saved.
At the end of most interviews, I try to remember to ask my subjects what the press has gotten wrong in the past so I can avoid repeating those mistakes. Rachel Rosen, the chairwoman of Equality New Mexico’s board, answered this question very specifically for this week’s cover story on the marriage equality movement (
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