Happy Valentine's Day!

For a naturalistic perspective on love, marriage, and such check out this piece on the work of Helen Fisher (and others). It presents an interesting contrast to the ignorant, hate-driven ideology that some bigoted Massachutsetts moralists (neo-Puritan witch-hunters?) attempted to cram through their state legislature. It is time to recognize that both 'traditional marriage' and 'civil unions' are purely social constructs -- both richly satisfying and worthy of equal protections under the law. Whether certain churches chose to bless or not to bless certain unions, is of course their business. On the other hand, when an ill-informed and ahistorical few attempt to impose their narrow and exclusive theology on an entire nation, it is all of our business. Don't these lunatics have more important things to worry about? /dps