Not so Happily Ever After

Rick Loomis

Los Angeles Times

STORY SUMMARY: Chris Lewis and Cody Horton of Ohio gave up everything they had for love. They quit their jobs, left their loved ones and moved to California to get married - a right they didn't have in Ohio. But within two-weeks of their union voters passed Proposition 8, a ban on same-sex marriage. In conservative Ohio, the couple had o hide their relationship but in California they left the closet and became activists in the sometimes violent street protests that took place in the wake of the election. CAPTION: Christopher Lewis, 24, and Cody Horton, 20, moved from Ohio into a small apartment in Tehachapi, Ca., a city that overwhelmingly voted to prohibit same sex marriage. On weekends they prefer the comfort of a more tolerant West Hollywood, a two hour drive from their home.

Rick Loomis, "Not so Happily Ever After," in POYi Archive, Item #43072, http://archive.poy.org/index.php/items/show/43072 (accessed June 8, 2025).