NY's Marriage Law: Welcome to Sanity

From USA Today:
New York Legalizes Gay Marriage


I hate to get political on my blog, and I doubly hate that I haven't posted any legitimate  comedy or complaining in who-knows-how-long and I'm breaking the dry streak with this. So I apologize in advance if this feels stale, boring or preachy.


I grew up in West Philadelphia, and went to a 50/50 black and white school where we were taught at length about the struggle for civil rights. As a kid learning these lessons, judging people based on their character seemed obvious, and it was a relief and a justice that overt segregation was behind us. And how far we've come...my generation grew up to produce the first black president.

So why is this kind of equality still such a struggle? Where does the fear come from that inspires people to forcefully hold others back, exploiting democracy to pass or uphold blatantly unjust laws? And worse, why are people so afraid that they're letting zealots tell them what to do and how to think, and voting to let this insanity continue?

Anyways, hurrah for this. There's a thriving gay population in my college town of Ithaca, NY. I hope some of those folks prosper from this, and bask in the glory of winning a massive battle just to have the same opportunities as everyone else. It's embarrassing that this is even in dispute, let alone that it took so long to win. Congrats, I guess.

May this lead the way to more folks coming to their senses. Let's get this shit rolling in California, and get back to talking about what's really important, like X-rays of Kim Kardashian's ass.