a MUST read "Marriage Amendment - a Judge's Tale."

[wellstone dem]

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/otherviews/134428683.html?page=1&c=y

"Judges usually don't comment in newspapers about legal matters; we have engrained habits of judicial reserve and modesty. I am writing, however, not about the law, but about love, family and understanding.

I think of Elie Wiesel, the author and Holocaust survivor, who wrote, "The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference."

I know a little about justice. I've labored in the trenches of justice, as a lawyer or judge, for more than 33 years.

....."

This is so powerful, and for a judge to comment on a pending constitutional amendment takes great courage.


edited to add a link to the original essay that ended up creating the one quoted above.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/fashion/making-a-judgment-on-love-modern-love.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

[hifiguy]

1. A lovely piece

K & R

[wellstone dem]

2. a kick for the evening crowd---really this is a must read

not kidding.