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10% of the United States!
Jaclyn just walked into my office to ask if I heard the breaking news from California. My first reaction (as a mother of a California resident) was an earthquake - and indeed, it was news of earthquake proportion. The California Supreme Court has ruled in favor of marriage equality! Jaclyn’s announcement was immediately followed by an email in my inbox from Connecticut’s Love Makes a Family. Connecticut, neighboring CNW’s home state of marriage-equality Massachusetts, is a civil-union state awaiting its own State Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality. According to Anne Stanback, the Executive Director of Love Makes a Family, the California decision directly affects 10% of the U.S. population. What a momentous moment in the struggle for equal rights and social justice! And yet so much more that needs to be done.
Now if I could just learn to believe in the institution of marriage…
