Equal Time.

I'll try to offset these things fairly, until I get lazy, or despondent, or...ecstatic?

In any case, here's Part 1 of Reasons to Love the U.S. It's a coincidence that the reason takes place in my home town (I think):

Two judges refused Tuesday to put an immediate halt to the parade of same-sex weddings at San Francisco City Hall, ensuring that gay and lesbian couples will be able to wed until at least the end of the week....

The line to get a marriage license has at times stretched through two floors of City Hall, out the front door and around three sides of the stately stone building. Gays and lesbians have come from around California and 22 other states, including Texas, Hawaii, Alaska and Florida....

This makes me incredibly happy. Even if Newsome is breaking the law, he's performing an act of civil disobedience (is it considered civil disobedience if the "disobedier" is MAYOR?), working for the greater good of equal protection.