LGBT fraternity well served by legal rights

On my 67th birthday earlier this year I received the best gift ever — a new grandson.

As I gave thanks for this miracle of new life I could not help thinking of the many changes that have taken place in my lifetime and wondering what the future might hold for him.

I am researching my family genealogy using the Registers of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. I have reached back about seven generations. I have noted one thing that seems to hold the entire exercise together — the institution of marriage.