Monday, June 10

Just Get Married - I don't really understand the angle for the introduction of this story about domestic partnership in California. Overall, it does a decent job of outlining the issues of domestic partnership and discusses its differences from marriage. The part I find to be a bit manufacturered is the one-man-crusade for heterosexual domestic partner rights. Where's his lobbying group, website and PR campaign? Well, first of all, he could just get married. But secondly, I don't think that he'd garner much support for his plan, as it would create a parallel system of marriage for straight people, thereby undermining the holy union of matrimony between one man and one woman. Conservatives would be loathe to allow such an action to take place.