America, Accepting Gay Marriage, Finally

I CUT OFF CALBE TWO YEARS AGO, with no regrets, but I almost wish I had seen the Tournament of Roses parade, from Pasadena, CA, yesterday, on TV. Two gay dudes got married, front and center, right? They were part of the parade, true? (see how culturally illiterate I am) Evidently it was quite the event, but one wonders what the repurcussions will be. Will the Christian community refuse to have anything to do with the Tournament of Roses Parade and Rose Bowl football game henceforth? One must marvel, if nothing else, at the changes our society is undergoing. Thirty years ago an aspiring Ph.D candidate proposed writing his dissertation on the subject of gay marriage, and was turned down, by several professors at several universities, for various reasons. One group thought it was perverted, and another department thought it was utterly irrelevant, since it would never happen in real life. Within a few years every state in the United Stes, except perhaps Oklahoma, Texas, and a few ultra conservative western states, will've legalized gay marriage, thank goodness. Now maybe we can begin to get that issue out of the way, and work on others, such as, um, saving the planet! All religions and all chosen forms of marriage are acceptable, and we are free to ignore, as individuals, any we don't happen to like. Nobody is forcing anybody else to like gay marriage, only to allow it, as a civic institution, since straight marriage is a civic institution, and in America we believe that government should not discrimminate. In America, we believe in fair play, and fair rules, for all. Right?