Equal rights for condiments and cutlery

[Otto]

I am very glad to read that Cecil supports equal marriage rights for condiments and cutlery.

I can only hope that among his silverware there are no pairs of wiseacre straight fish forks who decide to waltz into city hall and demand a marriage license.

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

@Otto

I am very glad to read that Cecil supports equal marriage rights for condiments and cutlery.

I can only hope that among his silverware there are no pairs of wiseacre straight fish forks who decide to waltz into city hall and demand a marriage license.

Good catch. Indeed:

@the imperfect master

Suppose a couple of wiseacre straight roommates waltz into city hall demanding a marriage license. We live together and share expenses, they argue. You’re telling us we can’t get a marriage license because we don’t have GAY SEX? I don’t claim such problems are insuperable, but they do suggest the appropriate place to decide this issue is the legislature, not the courts.

There’s a great way for them to avoid saying that: if those wiseacre straight roommates aren’t the same sex, city hall won’t ask them to get it on before getting a license. The problem is imminently superable: solve it the same way for SS roommates as you would for OS roommates.

Duh, Cecil.

Daniel