On the day U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker issued his landmark ruling regarding same-sex marriage in California, I found myself at a McDonald's restaurant listening to a 7-year-old boy engaged in spirited debate with the guy behind the counter about which toy he'd be getting with his happy meal.
The over-arching issue, if you'll pardon the McDonald's play on words, is how far society should go in legislating behavior.
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