Hate. And Love.

If you followed today's news, of terror attacks of all sorts and a funeral that followed one, of cold blooded killers on the run, you know that hate is fairly common. Hatred for the other. Hatred for someone who is the wrong color or from the wrong place or who just doesn't agree with you about the details of your faith. Sometimes even hate for no reason at all.

If you followed today's news, you also know that love is out there, too. Love that can overcome hate. Love that confronts centuries of bigotry, love that can show us the way.

Today, love overcame hate. It didn't do it for good, it didn't do it for everyone. But it became the law of the land: marry whoever you love. In short, love won.

That is a small thing in a world full of hate. But that is also a pebble in the sea, rippling out, changing things further. Changing things for the better.