This Momentous Day

Good Morning,

First, I must thank Dean Koontz for the title inspiration. I recently re-read 'From the Corner of his Eye' and it uses this phrase as an important plot point, among other things.

I do consider, well now it's yesterday; to have been a momentous day. The SCOTUS sided with humanity for a change, instead of corporations or institutions. It read the 14th amendment broadly, without regard to gender, and rendered I believe the correct decision. I am glad, and thankful, that it did.

President Obama read the eulogy for the Reverend Clementa Pinckney, and I was moved. I thought his use of the term "Original Sin of our Nation" when discussing slavery was, again, correct. To me at least. I am happy to see some of the states remove the confederate flag from their properties, and some  retailers suspending sales of it and related merchandise.

These are good things, all of them. Little more than a week after the terror inducing murders in Charleston, it does renew my faith a bit to see some progress made. Seeing the invective and tantrums flinging everywhere from the far right is not so reassuring, but is of course expected. My concern though, again, is the process of scapegoating; of laying blame - that continues.

You may have read some of the articles about scientists determining that the planet is indeed entering a sixth mass extinction. You may have read that Homo-Sapiens (that's us!) are on the list of threatened species. The Christian Far Right has said for years that same-sex marriage will 'bring down civilization'. I fear the radical right may mix this all up into a fearful brew, and I truly do worry for the survival of our union, and indeed our nation. Whether any of it matters, whether humanity will even make if another 100 years regardless of what we do or don't do, weighs on my mind almost constantly.

I know this, it isn't 'gay marriage' that will bring down humanity. It's that old bug-a-boo MAMMON!
And Damn IT for messing up what should have been a wonderful day, for me.

Go ahead and keep celebrating - I'll sit up and stew about this for bit. I mean this... Don't mind me, just clearing my head.

Love 2 All, and 2 All a Good Rest, for it's early AM and I am too bed