Kip over at Long story; short pier says almost everything that needs to be said today about marriage.
But Senator Frist and his narrow ilk are too late. The barn door is opening and it is nearly wide enough to let all the wild and pretty horses loose.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is considering whether or not the Constitution of our humble Commonwealth offers its protections, its rights, and its responsibilities to all citizens (I wrote about this in March). I suspect - and I hope - that they will rule that our laws apply equally to every single blessed one of us. And then its the end of the world as we know it - and I feel fine . . .
Thousands of couples who had been unable to legally consecrate their unions will flock to Massachusetts for a simple ceremony and a wild party. These tens of thousands will return to their scattered and far-flung homes and once there they will demand their rights. Liberty will not be denied. The cat will be out of the bag, the toothpaste out of the tube, and Humpty-Dumpty will be lying smashed at the base of the wall.
Ten years from now, only a foolish and howling few will even remember the dark days at the turn of the century when families were denied and love was a crime.
Posted by Martial