On Gay Marriage

Ya know, I've generally been against using the term "marriage" because it's normally been a term denoting a religious rite.

I've since decided that, really, what difference does it make? To anyone who is still all for denying this to the gays - especially thinking of the "sanctity of marriage" - I have three names for you to mull over:

• Britteny Spears
• Mickey Rooney
• Elizabeth Taylor

Between Britteny's 20-hour Vegas "marriage" and Rooney's 8 or 9 or so (not to mention Liz's multiples), added to a current divorce rate of around 50% of all marriages, it makes the "sanctity" argument look a little sick, don't it? She Who Must Be Obeyed and I are rapidly approaching our 31st anniversary, which is a real rarity these days.

I've started to come around to the view that if anyone is willing to make the commitment to another, what is anyone else going to lose by it?

In the meantime, of course, I'd like to see it made much more difficult to be granted a divorce!