Dance Barefoot

When I first moved here a few years ago, I was happy when a friend and colleague invited me to her and her partner’s civil union ceremony in Vermont. I just checked Reuters, and as of about ten minutes ago, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts made me pretty dang glad to live in New England.

The reference is from Shakespeare via Patti Smith (and, with their constructions of gender relations, neither is exactly appropriate, but it was the best I could come up with): an unwed older sister would dance barefoot at her younger sister’s wedding to avoid growing old alone; a worry that Chief Justice Margaret Marshall’s decision has taken a step towards eliminating for many, many people. Something worth celebrating.