--- “Yep. Now that’s what I call a campfire!”

Bonus points to whomever can name the movie that quote came from. And maybe I̢۪ll send you something if you̢۪re really nice.

--- The husband found this on that vast assortment of shared knowledge we all know as the World Wide Web this morning.

He wanted to know if it was a farce.

And here I thought he was intelligent. I take it back.

--- It̢۪s about friggin̢۪ time.

The law prof himself weighs in with a quick synopsis of the decision. You can find it here.

I believe this says it all:

In ruling that the Commonwealth could not do so, the court observed
that the Massachusetts Constitution "affirms the dignity and equality
of all individuals," and "forbids the creation of second-class
citizens." It reaches its conclusion, the court said, giving "full
deference to the arguments made by the Commonwealth." The Commonwealth,
the court ruled, "has failed to identify any constitutionality adequate
reason for denying civil marriage to same-sex couples."
The court affirmed that it owes "great deference to the Legislature to
decide social and policy issues." Where, as here, the constitutionality
of a law is challenged, it is the "traditional and settled role" of
courts to decide the constitutional question. The "marriage ban" the
court held, "works a deep and scarring hardship" on same-sex families "for no rational reason." It
prevents children of same-sex couples "from enjoying the immeasurable
advantages that flow from the assurance of 'a stable family structure
in which children will be reared, educated, and socialized."' "It
cannot be rational under our laws," the court held, "to penalize
children by depriving them of State benefits" because of their parents'
sexual orientation.

Emphasis added by moi because it̢۪s so obviously true.

It̢۪s a happy day.

--- Why?

You know, I really can̢۪t wait for the Behind the Music on Britney. And I don̢۪t mean this one. I
mean the one that will be shown twenty years from now when Her
Fabulousness will obviously be a recovering coke addict cum Holiday Inn
lounge singer begging for another shot at the big time.
Because you know it will happen. There will be a documentary that will detail all of that sumptuous dysfunction that̢۪s going on now
but that Britney---apparently---has enough sense not to reveal at this
point in time. She̢۪s waiting, I̢۪m sure of it. Down the road a bit,
she will undoubtedly reveal that she snorted coke off Christina
Aguilera̢۪s ass because she had horrible self-esteem problems in an
effort to get you to run right out to buy her greatest hits so she can
finally pay off the dealer who wants to break her legs. There is so
much here that we don̢۪t know about, but hell, it̢۪s gonna be good to
have all my suspicions about her confirmed. She̢۪s #$#@̢۪ed in the
head: she has to be. No normal twenty-one year old acts like she does unless there’s some serious issues underlying the façade.

I̢۪ll bide my time and it will be worth the wait.

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