There's a Land That We've Heard Of, Once in a Lullaby

By Sniffles

Okay, we cats are generally very pragmatic and political. But today, we're writing to support something bigger than politics.

Yesterday, in his decision on Perry V. Schwarzenegger, Judge Vaughn Walker used language that gave us goosebumps. We suspect that his words will be quoted a century or more from now.

Why? Well, because when the U.S. Constitution was first written, the only folks with recognized rights were white, male, Christian landowners. And ever since, the evolution of the Constitution has been, in our view, the story of "Who's next?"

It didn't happen overnight. Slowly but surely — after a lot of blood, sweat and tears, and one Civil War — Constitutional rights were given to more and more Americans, including former slaves, African-American descendants of slaves, women, Native Americans, immigrants, et cetera, et cetera, and so on and so forth.

And that, in a nutshell, is why we cats revere the Constitution. Not because it was perfect at its creation — but because of its elasticity. Its malleability. Its willingness to offer more and more people its protections.

We've heard a lot of chatter over the last 24 hours about Judge Walker's brilliant decision and the adverse affect it could have on the Democrats' electoral fortunes this November. And you know what? We cats don't care. We're sorry, but we don't. Sometimes you have to take a bullet for what's right. And Judge Walker's decision yesterday was so, so right.

("Right" as in "correct," that is. Totally, completely, absolutely correct.)

There are times when you have to be on the right — that is, correct — side of history. This is one of those times.