The life and times of the Davis family, and especially the stream-of-consciousness thoughts of Tanika Davis, the proud wife of Lester and sleep-deprived (but deliriously happy) Mom of Cary, Dean and Clair.
Although I am so, so happy for my gay friends who have fought so long for this -- and deserve it -- I can't help but wish SCOTUS would just put its "wholeself in" for true civil rights for all.
That's what it's all about.
You put your gay citizens in; you put your black ones out...
Thanks to a progressive President and a generations-old system of checks-and-balances, I can more readily believe that my children will get the kind of health care/treatment they need as adults, whether or not they work for an employer who is able to provide them with subsidized health insurance.
I know this was a tough topic for a lot of people. I can actually see both sides of the coin (though obviously, I am for only one side).
I do hope, however, that despite our party-line
differences, people will remember today and years from now that this was not a political decision.
The
Supreme Court ruled (and ruled fairly) not on behalf of President Obama
-- but on behalf of the U.S. Constitution. And for the benefit of tens
of millions of Americans. This is the purpose, the very point, of our
system of checks-and-balances. It is our Democracy at work. If you don't
agree with the decision, that's one thing. But you cannot say -- in
this case -- that the system didn't work.
