<p>Call me old-fashioned, but the best romantic love lasts years longer than it takes to eat a box of chocolates. And keeping it strong is often difficult, emotionally challenging work.</p>
<p>That’s also true of civil rights movements. And that’s one reason it’s none too soon to start thinking about how to be part of Freedom to Marry Week, which embraces Valentine’s Day and runs from Feb. 9 to 15.</p>