- Erik Uecke
- Alexandra Petri of the Washington Post
It happened. Just as we expected it would.
The sky fell.
Washington state passed same-sex marriage laws, and the Beast reared up in the east and swallowed several fishermen whole.
That's the opening of one of the best things ever written on the subject of gay marriage. It's by Alexandra Petri, it's on washingtonpost.com, and you should go read the whole thing.
The post ends with this should-be-inscribed-in-stone-somewhere passage, which may make you laugh, cry and nod your head sagely all at the same time:
This article appears in Feb 16-22, 2012.