Boy meets girl and they fall in love. Maybe they get a dog together, a scruffy cast-off rescued from the pound, which makes them bond even more. They take long walks with the dog, talk of future children, of owning a home, and whether they should merge their cell phone plans.
Then they marry. Marriage, they believe, makes their love legit. And with legitimacy comes benefits – from society, from family and friends, from the government.
But tweak this standard script and its happy ending turns from Hollywood mainstream into art house flick. Or it could be an import from our kinky neighbor up north. In Canada, same-sex marriage has been legal nationwide since 2005.
In the United States if, say, boy meets boy and they fall in love, not even Lassie crossed with the Taco Bell Chihuahua could help propel such a scenario into wide release.
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/09/2878453/gay-or-straight-marriage-is-sacred.html#none#ixzz0tEkpor36
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