"It wasn't fair, but fairness was something you had to go get; it wasn't delivered like the mail."

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But fairness is where we’re heading, at least in regard to marriage, which has emerged as the terrain on which Americans are hashing out their feelings about gays and lesbians. The trajectory is undeniable. The trend line is clear. And the choice before the justices is whether to be handmaidens to history, or whether to sit it out.

— Frank Bruni