O.K., I admit it I don’t follow celbrity gossip news very well. I don’t read People magazine, even in a doctor’s office when there is nothing else to read. However, even I usually hear about the marriage before their divorce/annullment. So it appears that sometime in the last month, I’m not sure when, Britney Spears got married and the divorced or annulled in something like 55 hours. The strangest part about this event, is why so many people care. Oddly enough, I became aware of it by reading a op-ed piece somewhere that suggested Britney’s sham marriage meant that gays and lesbians should be legally allowed to marry. I guess the thinking was something along the lines of, if hetero’s can marry on a whim, why can’t non-hetero’s marry after thoughtfully considering it. Not sure I follow that line of logic. In any case, on some days I am just libertarian enough to think maybe the state ought not to be involved in who can marry.

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