Picture that made me Smile: USMC Homecoming

Via Joe My God.

What can I say? I'm a romantic. I like seeing people happy together. Also, I like that my country has come to accept that gay people in the military are soldiers who happen to be gay, and can be open and demonstrative--and absolutely nothing major happens except romantics like me post the picture and say "See? Is that so bad?"

As to the haters--well--is it, really? Because I sleep better when I think other people are happy and true to themselves, and don't like to think that others might have to live less-fulfilling lives because of small-minded bullshit. Also, I honestly can not imagine, for even a minute, what it must be like to wake up on any given morning, and ask myself--"How can I make life shit for the gays?" for any reason.  Even if it was spectacularly lucrative. Which I can't imagine it really is.

Maybe it's because I had a crush on Lynda Carter and Cher as a wee'yun and knew I was a little different that way myself. But I never once thought--"Hey--how do I stop anyone from loving someone else who loves them back?" Because the only logical answer to that is: "Screw off, act your age not your shoe size and mind your own beeswax."

Or,  look at a picture like this and just see happiness. That might be instructive as well.