I was happy to find that the crowd size at the rally celebrating Vermont’s marriage equality victory had more than doubled in comparison to last weeks’ rally celebrating the Iowa Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage in that state. NY State Senator Tom Duane and several prominent gay activists attended the rally. Senator Duane spoke to the crowd and encouraged everyone to keep the momentum going by contacting their state representatives and calling on them to support marriage equality. My favorite part of the rally came when two young teenage girls came up to the edge of the crowd and asked a few of the volunteers what the rally was about.  When they were told it was in celebration of Vermont legalizing gay marriage, one of the girls said “Everyone should have the right to love”. They then asked if they could stay and hold some of the rally signs.  The volunteers let them hold up some signs and gave them cake! It made me smile.