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Last Friday, I was overflowing with such joy and gratitude that I didn’t want to ruin the buzz to focus on Justice Kennedy’s opinion. But it’s a new week. Here’s an excerpt:
No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.
A few parts really chafe:
No union is more profound…
In forming a union, 2 people become something greater than once they were…
Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness….
One of my favorite tweets from Friday was from a gay friend, who immediately after the ruling wrote, “OMG, I’m an old maid in 50 states.” I say, welcome to the club, filled with multilayered members (some may just be passing through) who have robust lives full of love, good works, family and union. No matter the bias, FPS community, let’s continue to own our single truth.
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