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Getting Married

Harris and I have been talking hypotheticals about getting married for a few months. We'd hoped that Windsor would be the case, but instead, it became the precedent for the case, so ok, it's the case, but not the time. Whatever. Anyway, after they ruled for Edith Windsor, we started talking about inevitability and soon ness and what we would do when the tide changed. When would we through a party? How big ? What entertainment? Where? What kind of food did we want? These sorts of things. What remained consistent for us was that as soon as it was legal we'd get married and then plan and throw the party later. Then the 4th Circuit ruled in the VA case over the summer but issued a stay while it was appealed to the Supreme Court. When the Supreme Court declined to take any of the cases on Monday we started talking more seriously. I made sure I had $60 in cash and watched twitter for news. The news comes faster on twitter when you follow people who are on the ground...