All You Need is Love

          I have tried, in my short time in the blogosphere to keep this site pretty politics-free. In my personal life, I’m pretty politically aware, although not necessarily super politically active. But I felt that a day like today needed commenting on, if nothing else than for posterity and my own “where were you when…” memories. The Supreme Court of the United States today upheld same-sex marriage throughout the US. THROUGHOUT the country. EVERYWHERE! I’m a raging, bleeding heart liberal (which I feel is kind of obvious if you’ve read any of my stuff here) and I am just ecstatic about this decision. I have gay, lesbian and bisexual friends, some of whom are married, some are not, and I share their joy in this decision.

The Supreme Court building has inscribed upon it “Equal Justice Under The Law”. In a country where the news brings us examples of how our justice system is riddled with INequality on a daily basis, a decision like this from the Highest Court in the Land does my liberal heart good. I never did understand the opposition, to be honest. No one was being forced into a same-sex marriage; they weren’t going to be mandatory for crying out loud. People just wanted to love who they wanted to love. The field of Republican Presidential Nominees was quick to condemn the decision, and I honestly, hand on heart, just don’t understand. Marriages began as a civic and community based institution, one that later got performed by the church. It wasn’t invented by the church – and even if it had, it wouldn’t have been the Christian church, which seems to be the default position of these candidates.  Pretty sure that matrimony is older than Christianity. 

Boiled down, my feeling is this: two people being allowed to love each other has no true effect on me, the validity of my marriage, or anything else. Two people NOT being allowed to share their lives, would have affected me as an American and a human being. The country I live in was not formed to be divisive. This decision from the SCOTUS reinforces the equality that we as Americans believe to be the cornerstone of our country.

I’m unspeakably happy today. Happy and proud of my country. Love, love, love. Love is All you Need.