Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant observations. I said a similar thing not too long ago regarding gay marriage. Gay marriage is legal here in Canada, and a few months ago we had the first member of high government get married since the law came into being. There were a number of big name politicians at the ceremony, and I thought it was lovely to see. What I found even lovelier was that it didn't get a whole lot of press, and the press it did get was more along these lines ~ it was mentioned because it was the first time it had happened, not simply because it was a gay marriage of an in-office politician. I hope that some day gay marriage can take place a thousand times a day without anyone blinking an eye, but, in the meantime, I was pleased with the relaxed view the Canadian press took to such an event.