It took me some time to get over my initial reaction, which was inarticulate, mercifully inaudible childlike gleeful squeeing.

I found words not much later and sent them to pals married but in a liminal legal status for what feels like eons, until now!

Between Wendy Davis in Texas and (courtesy of Rachel Maddow) "Gabe the Intern" sprinting with a print out of the DOMA decision to an Immigration court in NYC to stop a deportation in progress in its tracks - we should take a moment to recognize the work of sneakers in the pursuit of justice.