“Marriage is not a scarce resource that has to be rationed. (Nor is love.) When Walker pressed a lawyer for Prop. 8, who had been talking about marriage existing for procreation, to say in what way, exactly, marriage equality would harm the institution, the answer was “I don’t know.” Ross Douthat, a columnist for the Times, wrote that a “marital ideal” would be lost—but he admitted that this ideal was disconnected from reality. The shattering of an illusion, or the grip of a prejudice, is not enough to give someone standing in court. What might undermine marriage is pushing fully loaded domestic partnerships—marriage-lite, lacking the constricting, exalting, maddening qualities of the real thing—as an alternative, another box to check. This might become an attractive option for everyone. If such contractual arrangements are really just as good as marriage, then what is a wedding good for, other than cake?” — Just Married: The next steps for gay marriage | The New Yorker
I’m pretty sure the pugs stole the show during our (brief thanks to torrential rain) engagement/family photo session last week.
(photo by Jennifer White)
In two days…
Weekend pug.
My favorite photo from last night.
“I believe that net neutrality is the First Amendment issue of our time — unless it’s freedom of religion, which until last week I thought we had kinda worked out.” — Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) (via savingpaper) (via think4yourself) (via mustamuseme)
Nope, I didn’t just teleport back to 1997. But yes, I am at a Goo Goo Dolls concert.
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t get excited when they played “Slide.”
Bristol is easily one of my favorite restaurants.
Sparkling wine is definitely one of my favorite beverages.
Combine the two and you have a pretty fabulous event.
Full disclosure: I’m not getting any freebies for posting this. I just like Bristol (we went there to celebrate our engagement and their happy hour is amazing) and I like wine. Obvs.
Wearing our Royals blue.
Wednesday night at the K.