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Wedded Bliss
Based on the success of WE staples like Bridezillas, Cablevision is launching a 24/7 wedding channel, fulfilling our goal of thinking of nothing but wedding planning, all the time. [NYP]
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By SadieComment by wtfox?!: Is there a single facet of human life remaining that doesn't have its own cable channel? 10 Responses | Other threads
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Bride Wars
Researchers report that married people "gain an average of 6 to 9 pounds more than singles" (a phrasing we find somewhat confusing), and many newlyweds gain post-wedding weight. Perhaps this has to do with this, and this, and this? [UPI]
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By Intern KatyComment by fabulousrobots: When I told my coworker I was engaged, she said, very seriously, "What size do you want to be for... 27 Responses | Other threads
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Who Do We Feel Entitled To Mock Other Women's Weddings?
Yanna Elfes was shocked when her wedding pictures went viral on the internet - and the cruelty they inspired. As she says, "Why would someone want to trash someone else's wedding day?" And yet, we do it every day. More »
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By SadieComment by greengrey (raidersofthelostSTAR): Why do people feel entitled to ugly weddings? 45 Responses | Other threads
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Marriage Is Gay
Bryan Safi explains we can't mess with marriage, because it's been around for "like, a gabillion years." And! "In all the history of all the world, nothing changes." A video clip made of win, after the jump. [Current] More »
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By DodaiComment by krokodil: I once had a teacher of mine (the same one who moonlighted as a Baptist youth leader and one time... 6 Responses | Other threads
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WashPo's "Weddings And Relationships": Newest Best Guilty Pleasure
OnLove, the Washington Post's new "marriage and dating section" is bringing the sexy back to the capital as only they can: celebrities, sex, and fashion. With airbrushing. Also, government employees. Oh, and a cake that looks like a crab. More »
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By SadieComment by muppetprincess: Cake looks good. Can someone please tell me what a grooms cake is though? I managed to get... 21 Responses | Other threads
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Best Argument For Gay Marriage: The Wedding-Planners!
Seriously, the upholding of Prop 8 may have upset a lot of people, but did anyone think of the caterers? The florists? The tent-rental guys? More »
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By SadieComment by hovy: So this has been on my mind a lot lately, the issue of gay marriage and the overall gay rights... 21 Responses | Other threads
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Wedding News Roundup: Chill! Or, You Know, Sue.
This being June, the wedding blitz continues: but this week's brides are all low-key, down-to-Earth types...except the ones fake-suing the New York Times, that is. More »
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By SadieComment by shak_diesel: Question: Wouldn't a real feminist support a woman who wanted a traditional wedding if she so chooses? 25 Responses | Other threads
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Top 10 Worst Wedding Songs
NPR ran a listener-approved list of the "The Least Appropriate Wedding Songs Ever." Which inspired us to think of even worse ones! More »
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By SadieComment by RisaPlata: I have two sets of married friends. One had their first dance to "S-E-X-X-Y" and the other had everyone sing... 13 Responses | Other threads
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'Runaway Bride' Scammers Hit China
China's one-child policy has resulted in a strikingly low ratio of women to men. In one rural area, some brides are taking advantage of the numbers. More »
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By SadieComment by Gingerlime: I'm sure this is going to sound awful, but I'm not sure I feel bad at all. A country reaps... 43 Responses | Other threads
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Wedding News Roundup: Just Die Alone, Save Yourself Some Money
In case you were feeling too good about life, or had decided to suspend your cynicism and enjoy the romance and open bars of wedding season, a blitz of today's articles will kill that buzz faster than Spencer's fleshbeard.
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By SadieComment by missteenwordpower can haz star?: I don't know that I have a problem with registering for frivolous wedding gifts. mrteenwordpower and I have been living... 22 Responses | Other threads
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“A Roofless House, A Smoky Chimney, And A Quarrelsome Woman.â€
Written by an unknown author in the late fourteenth century, "Le Ménagier de Paris," is a guide for the medieval bride, written in the voice of an old man instructing his fifteen-year-old intended. A mix of recipes, housekeeping tips, and spiritual guidance, it's now available in its entirety. [New Yorker]
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By SadieComment by Flackette Goes Retro: My mom has been studying our genealogy, and has found a disturbing number of instances of very young teenage girls... 10 Responses | Other threads
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The
For the groom who needs to know wedding etiquette like, oh, what constitutes "cheating" at a bachelor party, (because that's what men are like, you see) comes manly site ThePlunge.com!NoosePlunge
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By SadieComment by ElleL: Bachelor parties terrify me. Ive heard insane stories of what the strippers will do to get the guy to... 15 Responses | Other threads
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Internet Spawns Pro-Cheating Movement! Or Not.
So there's apparently this whole pro-cheating movement proliferating on the internet.
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By SadieComment by mmj200: Is the vow of fidelity to one person really doable? Between two individuals it always seems like 1 out of... 10 Responses | Other threads
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What Are The Pros & Cons Of Getting Married?
Today, when it was announced that Maggie Gyllenhall and Peter Sarsgaard were wed, a commenter noted, "now they can refer to each other as "spouse" or "husband" instead of the super-creepy "lover!'" But: More »
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By DodaiComment by nex0s: I got married to my second husband precisely for the reason that we knew we wanted to buy property together,... 24 Responses | Other threads
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Until Divorce Do Us Part
An 8-year-old Saudi girl, whose mother petitioned for a divorce after her father married her off to a 50-year-old friend, has been granted an annulment after the husband "agreed" the marriage wasn't legal. [BBC]
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By MeganComment by morninggloria: Too bad that we expect so little out of Saudi Arabian men that we're lauding them now for admitting that... 5 Responses | Other threads
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For Love Or Money: Is It Cool To Hide Cash From Your Partner?
Marriage! A partnership where what's yours is mine and what's mine is yours. Unless you're Nazita Aminpour: She's suing Chase bank for notifying her husband of her (secret) individual account with $800,000 in it. More »
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By DodaiComment by Penny: Whether it's cool or not is irrelevant, it's perfectly legal and Chase had no right to divulge that information. 46 Responses | Other threads
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Male Newspaper Columnist Knows When Women Should Marry
According to Mark Regnerus at the WaPo, young women are delaying marriage because they think getting hitched is lame. Little do they know that early marriage is their only ticket out of shriveled, infertile loneliness!
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By Anna N.Comment by stacyinbean: God, what was I thinking asking my parents to send me to college? They could have used that money for... 23 Responses | Other threads
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What's So Weird About A Feminist Wedding?
Jessica Valenti is a feminist. She's also getting married. This creates some issues…
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By DodaiComment by Blackagar Boltigon: A minor note, but: I think it's sad that more women don't keep their last names. I know that most... 77 Responses | Other threads
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Why Not Just Walk Around With Bank Statement Tattoos?
A reader sent us the link to the art of Lee Gainer, whose "Two Months Salary" series shows what kind of rings an A-list actor can buy, as compared to, say, a fast food cook. More »
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By DodaiComment by The Hand-Walking Queer (texascrude): When I get engaged, and if ever anyone decides to pity this beast, I want something meaningful. Something I'll think... 18 Responses | Other threads
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Screw The China: Modern Couples Are Registered With Citibank
Cash-strapped brides and grooms are requesting checks now.
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By SadieComment by haguenite: Just as someone who's not American: This gift-giving/registering thing is COMPLETELY cultural. I have never been to a wedding where gifts... 39 Responses | Other threads
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unholy matrimony
Braving The New York Weddings Showcase, Round 2
Last year, when I attended New York Magazine's Wedding Showcase, I was a single, self-proclaimed slut looking to mock Tory Burch-clad bridezillas, and got distracted by the open bar. This year, I'm an engaged woman.
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By TracieComment by morninggloria: Tracie, yes. I hate that so many wedding gowns are strapless. I have armpit fat due to my boobs and... 19 Responses | Other threads
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Newlywed Game
Mathematicians have developed a formula which they claim predicts the success of a marriage. Tested on 700 newlyweds over the course of 12 years, the predictions were found to be 94% accurate. [Daily Mail]
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By SadieComment by LindsayC: I made you a comprehensive exam, but I ated it.: Err... they tested newlyweds from Seattle, just for the record. ALERT! RESEARCH NERD! ALERT! So really, they can predict whether... 26 Responses | Other threads
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Budget-Conscious Brides Apparently Even More Obsessive Than Regular Brides
Wedding fun for everyone: "Dad carries, Mom finds the right size and my brother does what he's told," says one bargain-hunting bride. She wears this cunning hat so her handlers can find her in the crowd. More »
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By SadieComment by JinxyMcDeath: My dad told me that he would give me $30K towards my (hypothetical) wedding. I informed him that it wasn't... 46 Responses | Other threads
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Wedding Mockery: All's Fair In Love And Tulle
We love a train-wreck wedding cake as much as the next guy, but is tackyweddings.com going too far? More »
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By SadieComment by JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!: I know this just has to be one of you bitches! CONFESS! 19 Responses | Other threads
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One Groom; Two Brides
Imagine this: You go to confront your husband, whom you suspect is cheating on you, and find out that he is married to another woman, who lives in the same apartment complex. [CBS News]
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By DodaiComment by SouthernSatine: I once confronted my boyfriend of 8 months because I thought he was cheating on me only to find out... 33 Responses | Other threads
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"Liberated Materialism" — Is It All An Unmarried Woman Has?
Former Gawker editor Doree Shafrir's story in today's New York Observer is about being an unmarried woman. Or more precisely, what people think of unmarried women. She writes: More »
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By DodaiComment by BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): I think unmarried women should start referring to themselves as bachelors and own that male-skewed connotation. 30 Responses | Other threads
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The Story Of The 9-Year-Old Bride: Sad On Many Levels
You may think me callous, heartless and jaded, but the fact remains: Something about the 9-year-old girl who got "married" - a story sent in by numerous tipsters - rubs me the wrong way. More »
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By DodaiComment by funnyface: I dreamed of getting married. I also dreamed of becoming a circus bareback rider, an astronaut, an avian veteranarian,... 33 Responses | Other threads
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hell's bells
24: Woman Married 23 Times Looks For Next Husband
A tipster sent us a story about Linda Wolfe, a 68-year-old Indiana woman who has been married 23 times. More »
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By DodaiComment by VaginaWig is A Merkin: I worry that I will never find ONE guy that wants to marry me. How the hell do you find... 15 Responses | Other threads
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Groomzillas
Male Engagement Rings: "Progress" To Poop On?
Are male engagement rings the next big thing? Or just a...thing? More »
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By SadieComment by rosasparks looks like a Fraggle: It's Friday at 4:30 and I'm making my plans for DC next week. I am almost out of brain power. However,... 17 Responses | Other threads
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Why Do Audiences Love "Here Comes The Crazy Bride" Movies?
Monica Hesse's story in today's Washington Post reminds me why I won't be seeing Bride Wars. The Hollywood Wedding Movie is a painful, embarrassing, horrifying, insulting and predictable spectacle. More »
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By DodaiComment by bananastand: The Wedding Singer should not fall under this category. That movie rules. "I live in my sister's baaaaaasement!" 27 Responses | Other threads
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Savage Love Commenters Don't Know Assault When They See It
In his newest column, Dan Savage gets it mostly right in his response to DREAD, who was raped by her ex-boyfriend. Some commenters on his site, however, get it oh-so-wrong. More »
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By Anna N.Comment by Understater: This is a really thorny issue. I mean, I REALLY don't play devil's advocate here, but would it have been... 57 Responses | Other threads
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Couple's First Kiss Happened At The Altar
We've heard of no sex before marriage, but no kissing? Melody Laluz, 28, and Claudaniel Fabien, 30, got married over the weekend, and when they smooched at the altar, it was their first kiss on the lips. They were friends for two years and in a "courtship" for one year, but since they both teach abstinence courses to Chicago public school teens, they decided to practice what they preach. Hence: A "no kissing" rule. To "avoid temptation," they were never alone together in a house. If they watched movies on a couch, they would snuggle sitting up, never lying down. Fabien says: "It really tested us and encouraged us to grow closer in our hearts and our minds, just expressing things verbally." All of this is very nice and romantic. But Laluz says:
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By DodaiComment by hortense: I ain't taking the car out of the parking lot without a test drive, but perhaps that's just me. 22 Responses | Other threads
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The Look Of Love: Latest Wedding "Trends" Are About Money, Mental Health
"The minute we said our vows, I couldn't stop crying," declares Heidi Montag of her recent runaway marriage to Spencer Pratt. And they're right on trend! Apparently elopement — and post-wedding depression — are on the rise. More »
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By SadieComment by WednesdayGirl: I just got married on 10/18/08, and while I don't feel depressed per se, I will admit to a serious... 11 Responses | Other threads
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Hello Kitty Wedding Gowns: For The Child(ish) Bride
Maybe you're Mariah Carey. Maybe you're a Japanophile. Or maybe you're just young at heart. Whatever your excuse, if you love Hello Kitty, you'll be interested to know you can totally get handmade wedding gowns inspired by Sanrio's popular feline character, and they don't even have to be white! Let's take a look, after the jump. More » -
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Single Chick Hopes To Score Hubby With Super Bowl Personal Ad
The Dow is down, but Amy Borkowsky's hopes are high. She's trying to raise $3 million to buy a Super Bowl commercial, which will serve as a personal ad in her search for Mr. Right. Borkowsky, who, according to the New York Post, gives her age as "somewhere between Carrie and Samantha," has a background as an ad exec, so she knows how to target a market. "Dating is a numbers game," she says. "I need to reach a large pool of guys." She has a website, where she accepts donations toward her $3 million goal; she now has about $1,121. The question here is fairly obvious: Is this stunt embarrassingly desperate? Or is Borkowsky smartly going after what she wants? More »
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By DodaiComment by Clare116: She lost me with the pink-accented athletic jersey. Those are lame. 6 Responses | Other threads
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Recession Bliss: Is Your Big Day Worth Picking Up Trash For?
Gemma Scott wanted a big wedding so much that when her fiance, Dan, a plumber and fireman, told her he couldn't afford the event she envisioned, she broke up with him. Eventually Dan won her back after the couple worked out a plan: bartering. It was decided that in their spare time, the two would work doing building work and housekeeping, respectively, at the venues and church in exchange for a discount. The couple managed to save almost $20,000 and apparently had the wedding of their dreams. More »
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By SadieComment by bandit a la mode: She broke up with him because he couldn't afford her "dream" wedding?... jeez. And he took her back after that? 19 Responses | Other threads
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The Get-Your-Man-to-Marry-You Plan: Buying the Cow in the Age of Free Milk
Writer Suggests Manipulating Your Man Into Marriage
Recently, we received an email from the home office, saying that there were copies of the new book by Lori Uscher-Pines called The Get-Your-Man-to-Marry-You Plan: Buying the Cow in the Age of Free Milk available, if we wanted one. (I replied: "Sorry, I am too busy working on MY book, Who Is Buying So Much Bull In The Age Of Tainted Beef.") But Uscher-Pines is in the New York Post today, with the Top 5 Dos & Don'ts To Get Him To The Altar. More »
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By DodaiComment by SisterMaryMartha: Why do we never hear about men tricking women into marriage? Stupid fucking shite. 37 Responses | Other threads
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Maid of Money
Word on the street is, being a bridesmaid sucks. In fact, they've made several romantic comedies centered on just this premise! And in addition to being exhausting, demoralizing and degrading, apparently the honor of attending is, along with everything else, also increasingly pricey. In addition to the usual costs of gifts and (more and more often) travel, bridesmaids "are often expected to buy a dress, matching shoes, and jewelry, not to mention professionally applied makeup and nail polish on the day itself. And well in advance of the "I do's," they usually serve as host for a bridal shower, bachelorette party, or both." In fact, TheKnot.com calculates that before travel, the average bridesmaid will pony up $700. Multiply that by 27! [US News]
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By SadieComment by rednrowdy: honestly, the amount of cash you spend as a bridesmaid depends on the bride, and it also depends on how... 9 Responses | Other threads
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Has Wedding-Bashing Jumped The Shark?
Today on The Smart Set, Jessa Crispin mounts a critique of a pair of books, Susan Squire's I Don't: A Contrarian History of Marriage and Rebecca Mead's One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding, both of which set out to expose the marriage industry for the patriarchally-based, commercial brain-wash that it is. Crispin feels that neither of the books really does much beyond the superficial to really redress the situation, beyond pointing up the obvious: lots of the traditions underlying weddings are either rooted in something offensive or crass products of the wedding industry; weddings are out of control (Bridezillas, anyone?) and people feel immense pressure to shell out for the myth of the perfect day, which obviously has nothing to do with the reality of marriage. Yes, we get it: weddings suck. Lots of people have misplaced priorities and spend money on stupid things. But "weddings" are an easy target: they're easy to mock because even at their most earnest they're based on optimism, and that's easy to disparage. But choosing to have a wedding is valid, people! I'm excited to get married. And I don't think admitting that makes me a dupe or a lesser feminist.
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By SadieComment by MilointheMeadow: so i'm at that point in my 20s where pretty much anyone i've ever known is getting married. and... 8 Responses | Other threads
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Ellen & Portia May Wed... But Is Marriage Itself That Great Of A Goal?
Over on Feministing, there's a post about a the commercial at left, which has apparently been playing in California. In the spot, a bride encounters a variety of annoying obstacles on her wedding day. It's a struggle just to get to the aisle, and she never quite makes it down the aisle. The copy at the end of the ad reads, "What if you couldn't marry the person you love? Every day, gay and lesbian couples are prevented from marrying." Feministing blogger Ann writes, "On one level, I really like this approach because it uses the wedding-industrial complex against itself… Taking the ultimate heteronormative, capitalist celebration and turning it into an argument for equality. I like that." But even though Ellen and Portia may tie the knot in California this weekend, some people think the CA marriage decision isn't really something to celebrate: More »
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By DodaiComment by FroderickFronkensteen: Marriage may not be the ONE AND ONLY goal for the LGBT community, but it is a major goal for... more » | Other threads
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