It's been a ghastly week for heterosexual married couples. My wife (one woman) and I (one man) have just completed forty-nine years of marriage. Until Tuesday, when the Supreme Court overturned the Defense of Marriage Act, we had meant to celebrate the date with a couple of very good friends. We had even started planning to mark our Golden Anniversary next year with a blowout party for 600 of our closest friends plus our two children and their families from Brooklyn and LA. Now all those plans have been wrecked. How can we celebrate our Golden Anniversary when the Supreme Court of these United States has just made a...
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