Given that my last post was about marriage, I think it's fantastic and appropriate that the Supreme Court has struck down DOMA as unconstitutional. This is a really really exciting day - I agree that this law limited the liberty of individual citizens and denied them dignity and benefits they are fully entitled to. Being here in Oman, I have spent so much time explaining how our government, history, and beliefs about appropriate love and political organization are different, and rationalize them to someone who comes from a completely different way of seeing and making sense of the world. Having to do this has made me re-evaluate my beliefs and made me believe in them so much more strongly and deeply, especially because I see so clearly how gorgeous our freedoms are and how important the concept of democracy is (even if it is not fully realized...yet). I am so proud and thankful to be a citizen of the USA today - it simply comes down to
LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE.
LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE.
