“Most of what are usually thought of as the legal benefits of marriage are really gifts with strings attached. Or maybe strings with gifts attached.”

–Jonathan Rauch, Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America

I’m going to refrain (mostly) from arguing with this book until I’ve finished it, so I figured I’d quote you a true and nicely-put bit instead of one of the more problematic bits. I will note that if Rauch doesn’t start talking about sex soon, instead of only about caretaking, I will either scream or propose to him (since, after all, it’s not like we’d have to have sex or anything).