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We are heading toward the last frontiers of marriage equality,

California Prisons to Allow Same Sex Marriages

At first, I thought the frontier had been breached allowing inmates themselves to marry one another.

What a revolution that would be. I can only assume that most of the practitioners of situational homosexuality would not be interested in this but the imagination is challenged when one thinks that someone's "punk" could be placed in some more formal form of connection.

But that is not the case. The mental pictures are entertaining perhaps but the actual connection would definitely not work out.

On the other hand, there are gay men and women whose relationships form in prison and flourish there. They could be legitimately considered to be marriage material but that probably strains the disciplinary aspects of imprisonment.

Enough to be pleased to know that marriage equality is marriage equality and if your lover/boyfriend/relationship/partner is still in jail as the new laws come into force, you can enjoy the same privilege and right to marry as anyone else.

Such a marriage would not be unique. Straight people do it all the time, usually for men and/or women who have met in the process of one of the partner's sentences. Moreover, same sex spouses whose partner goes to jail will enjoy the same visitation rights as anyone else.

Some prisons allow conjugal visits. These rights would extend to same gender marriages as well. Good.

I say the "last frontiers" because until every conceivable nook or cranny of inequality is exposed and filled with rights, the job is not yet done.

It is just amazing to see the number of laws, regulations, procedures and customs have needed to be examined and revised as a result of the more than landmark, earthshaking SCOTUS decision.

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