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The good news is that Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, which successfully fought for marriage equality in Massachusetts, filed a suit challenging DOMA in Boston's Federal District Court this past March. Plaintiffs include the aforementioned couples and six others, among them Dean Hara, the widower of U.S. Rep. Gerry Studds. The bad news is that we're looking at a long, slow march to the U.S. Supreme Court. And our current administration and Congress are full of officials who are quick to pay lip service to the concept of equality but won't lift a finger to change the law.

That's a shame, because DOMA is aging badly: Five states have legalized same-sex marriage since 1996 and still more are on the verge of doing so, while public support for marriage equality is growing. The government's insistence on charging same-sex married couples exorbitant fees for basic rights makes it look less like a defender of marriage than a loan shark.

Damn, I thought you were going to announce you were leaving Smash for some co-ed.

I read "SS Marriage" and instantly thought of Hitler/Himmler slash.

http://community.livejournal.com/hitlerslash/profile

Next career move already mapped out, eh?

She was investigated, sent to a psychiatric facility (who wanted to cure her of the gay) and kicked out.

Highly unlikely, unless you're 20 years older that I'd assumed.

That article made me realize it sure does sound weird when a lesbian refers to her marital partner as her wife. Same for a man and his husband.

We've long established that you greatly fear gay people. Why remains a mystery. I don't find it any way odd, not because of my political leanings, but just from a lexicography point of view. Why would they call their spouse anything else?

Do they both refer to their spouse as their "wife"?

Oh, I dunno, maybe because the words husband and wife have a long held a connotation of gender?

Yeah, moron, of the person being referred to. I would find it odd for a gay man to refer to his spouse as "my wife".


When's the last time you heard someone refer to their husband and had to consider whether the husband was female or male?

Never, idiot, as once again, the term is tied to the gender of the person being referenced.


Right. So when a female refers to her "wife", I immediately wonder who shares what roles in their relationship. Do they both refer to their spouse as their "wife"?

I see.


Which wife typically does the dishes? Which wife typically does the handy work? Same for guys.

Holy fu[b]cking sh*t[/b], is it 1958 already? This is the source of your confusion?? Which partner does the housework?? I'll take this as code as it making you uneasy which one more frequently penetrates the other.


It has nothing to do with sexual preference at all. Your repeated insistence that I some how "fear" homosexuals is, quite frankly, stupid.

I agree, it is stupid. You should grow the fuc[b]k up and get over it[/b].

Mr. Ambrya and I have a deal. He hates to cook, I hate to clean. So I unload the dishwasher and cook the meal, he cleans up the mess and loads the dishwasher.

I got the better end of that bargain, but he has no complaints.