Sharon Astyk reminds straight people why gay marriage matters:
The institution of heterosexual marriage hasn't been doing so hot – in part because as a society we're so unwilling to talk about the legal and economic relationship that comes with marriage. The invisibility of the household economy has been overwhelmingly destructive in a whole host of ways that impact all of us. Gay marriage makes us face that marriage is about love – and money and property and family ties – and that being honest about that is to our benefit, all of our benefit.
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