Equality is a good thing

The Los Angeles Times has a blog about the latest fashion trend:

Eagle-eyed viewers of Sunday's Academy Awards telecast might have noticed a small white ribbon pinned to jacket lapels of several attendees, including Oscar nominees Richard Jenkins and Josh Brolin and original screenplay winner Dustin Lance Black. This was not, however, a show of support for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union or the Quebecois peace movement (both if which have used the white ribbon as their symbol), nor did it signify that either fellow had won third prize at a county fair.

Splendid sarcasm aside, there was a point:

The strip of white fabric, with a knot tied in the middle, has been worn as a symbol of marriage equality, and it was created by Angeleno Frank Voci. He was motivated by the passage of Proposition 8 in November, which made marriage between same-sex couples illegal in California. He said his main goal was to keep the dialogue going and awareness high after the initial rallies and protests died down. "I was thinking about causes and ribbons and was just playing around with a piece of ribbon and tied it in a knot and had this 'eureka!' moment: 'tie the knot'!"