Your moment of zen
by digby
On Wednesday, New Zealand’s Parliament voted to legalize same-sex marriage in a 77 to 44 vote. As lawmakers applauded the final vote, spectators crowded into the public galleries above burst into song, serenading the bill’s sponsor, lesbian MP Louisa Wall.
The Associated Press reports the song was “Pokarekare Ana,” a love song in the country’s indigenous Maori language.
Humans are a seriously flawed species. But sometimes we surprise ourselves.
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