We often hear a nationalistic cry- that America is the greatest nation on earth, yet in so many ways, we slip further and further behind others. And it seems to me that we do this in the name of corporate profit and religious protectionism. Why is that? Why is the the sanctity of dogma more important that equal rights?

Portugal, which is about 90% Catholic, joins the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Norway and Sweden. France and Denmark recognize same-sex unions, but they do not extend all rights enjoyed by married heterosexual couples.

via Portugal is 6th European nation to legalize gay marriage –.