Blessings on Your Unions

I'm not sure what the ultimate ramifications will be, and there are bound to be measures in place before tomorrow to undo what was done, but San Francisco - in defiance of both a California law passed in 2000 as well as Mr. Bush's stated desire to go after a gay marriage ban - began to marry the first of some approximately 100 couples today.

But to these couples - especially the pair who had been together for 51 years - I say, "Many happy and committed years together." If marriage is such a blessing and a joy, we should actually encourage more people to do it when appropriate, rather than say heterosexuals can, homosexuals cannot.