Privileges and Rights

With various responses to the Prop 8 decision floating around out there, I was particularly struck by this tweet, which articulates a divide I've been chewing on for some time: Californians knows that marriage is a civil right, not a privilege.

"Privilege" is a word that's seen widespread use lately, in the context of society's treatment of different groups of people: white privilege, male privilege, straight privilege, able-bodied privilege, etc. There are many lists out there pointing out w...