Haiku for the Supreme Court

speech_bubbleIt’s National Poetry Month, and in its honor, I’ve composed two haiku to the highest court in the land.

The first is for Justice Antonin Scalia, who, in last week’s hearings on marriage equality, said: “There’s considerable disagreement among — among sociologists as to what the consequences of raising a child in a — in a single-sex family, whether that is harmful to the child or not.”

40 years of us
That’s a lot of evidence
Less different than same

The next is for Justice Samuel Alito, who asked, “You want us to step in and render a decision based on an assessment of the effects of this institution [same-sex marriage] which is newer than cell phones or the Internet?” I’ve already written a prose answer; here’s one in verse:

No cell phone for me
Back in 1970
Same-sex parents then

Think you can do better? You’re probably right. Leave a comment with a poem (haiku or otherwise) reflecting on life as an LGBT parent, child thereof, or ally. I’ll highlight them in a post later in the month.

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