They Put the UN in Fun - The gay marriage debate goes beyond American borders, as shown in this LA Times report on a United Nations policy on benefits for gay couples. The Secretary-General's policy would allow the same-sex spouses of UN employees, whose home country recognizes the relationship legally, to be eligible for benefits. There's been an uproar from Islamic states and the Vatican and so the process of internal policy adoption at the U.N. is being questioned. Of course, the story notes that under most U.N. regulations, "marriage has been defined as a union between a man and a woman — or between a man and up to four women for countries where polygamy is legal." No double standard there, eh?