Because I think fundamentally, Judge, you're able, after all these years of being a judge, to embrace a right that you may not want for yourself, to allow others to do things that are not comfortable to you but for the group, they're necessary. That is my hope for you. That's what makes you to me more acceptable as a judge and not an activist because an activist would be a judge who would be chomping at the bit to use this wonderful opportunity to change America through the Supreme Court by taking their view of life and imposing it on the rest of us. I think and believe, based on what I know about you so far, that you're broad-minded enough to understand that America is bigger than the Bronx, it is bigger than South Carolina.
Vermont becomes Fourth State to Legalize Gay Marriage
One quote from the article made me tear up:
Mr. Dostis said he and Mr. Kletecka will celebrate their 25th year together in September.
"Is that a proposal?" Mr. Kletecka asked.
"Yeah," Mr. Dostis replied. "Twenty-five years together, I think it's time we finally got married."