The only real overt discrimination I ever experienced was as a young boy walking with my grandmother to the store. She could not speak English and a group of men on a corner shouted the usual words of bias at her. I was hurt by that experience, but it taught me that no one should have to be excluded because of who they were. With that in mind, I celebrate the decision made by the British Parliament to ratify same sex marriage. There is no such reality as separate but equal, and words make a huge difference. We are all free when ever brother and sister shares our full rights and responsibilities.