Yes.

I was going to post something different today. A fun little post about a fun gift from a dear friend.

Instead, I feel like I need, I must acknowledge today's Supreme Court decision in some way.

There will be bloggers all over the blogosphere dissecting and discussing the decision - both positively and negatively. I'm not going to do that.

It's no secret where I stand. I'm not political on this blog that often, but I don't see this as a political issue. I see it as a civil rights issue.

I am a firm believer in not discriminating against a group of people who differ from you. It seems like a no brainer, something a child would understand. And yet...

It seems it's not.

I know how difficult it is for those who have religious beliefs that teach gay marriage, gay relationships, are wrong. But the thing is...in our country, religion does not determine our laws.

Today, the Supreme Court ruled the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.

As the SCOTUS blog says:

"The federal Defense of Marriage Act defines "marriage," for purposes of over a thousand federal laws and programs, as a union between a man and a woman only. Today the Court ruled, by a vote of five to four, in an opinion by Justice Kennedy, that the law is unconstitutional. The Court explained that the states have long had the responsibility of regulating and defining marriage, and some states have opted to allow same-sex couples to marry to give them the protection and dignity associated with marriage. By denying recognition to same-sex couples who are legally married, federal law discriminates against them to express disapproval of state-sanctioned same-sex marriage. This decision means that same-sex couples who are legally married must now be treated the same under federal law as married opposite-sex couples."

For so many people, today is a day of celebration as hundreds of thousands of families are legitimized by the Federal Government.

And all I can say is, it's about damn time. Today we witnessed history and, someday, it will seem as inconceivable that this was ever an issue as it is to think that Loving vs. Virginia ever had to go to the Supreme Court.