Equals
The gay marriage debate is everywhere you look nowadays, or at least for the last two days. Google tells me this is because the Supreme Court will soon rule regarding the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in the Golden State in 2008 (apologies for any unintentional rhyming). This imminent decision has ushered in a social media firestorm, blowing up my facebook feed with red equals signs: I'm a firm believer in the notion that images communicate in ways words cannot, and this one hits home in a big way. It says that, in a nation where we value equality under the law, we cannot justify the denial of marriage rights to any minority group, including the LGBT community. Sounds reasonable enough, right? Apparently not everybody is so convinced. As I peruse the facebook-scape I am confronted not only by these red equals signs but by the (unfortunately) inevitable parody placards made by Christians in favor of preserving the "sanctit...