I often read the New York Times wedding announcements, sometimes they have lesbian and gay weddings announced, increasingly so since same sex marriage became legal in Canada. This weekend there was an announcement from a couple who have been together 42 years and who got married last Tuesday in Canada. Whilst their marriage has little legal status in the US, it was obviously important to them to do the deed – important enough for one of the couple to bring 3 personal assistants with her so that she could travel.

Well I hope Thea Spyer and Edith Windsor have many more happy years together. I’m sure they have done everything they can legally to grant rights to each other, and sometime before it’s too late the law changes in the US so that their relationship can be fully granted equal status.