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Savage Lovecast

Savage Love Episode 417

Savage Lovecast

Dan Savage

Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.66.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2014

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Delusion and disfunction; this episode has more than it's fair share. Inevitable break-ups, sexless marriages, cheating and scheming. Feast your ears!  On the sweet, sweet Magnum, Dan chats with sex party luminary Polly Superstar! Also, in a "What You Got?" Dan chats with Dr. Rachel Jones from the Guttmacher Institute about the much maligned withdrawal method. 206-201-2720 This episode is brought to you by Naturebox: the subscription service dedicated to smarter snacking. Get a free sample, by visiting Naturebox.com/savage This podcast is brought to you by Stamps.com. Click on the microphone and enter "Savage" for $55 free postage and a digital scale. This episode is also brought to you by AdamandEve.com. Get 10 free gifts, plus free shipping when you enter offer code "Savage".

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0:00.0

You're listening to the micro version of the Savage Lovecast, www.com.

0:06.8

If you're stuck in a relationship quandary, or if you're looking for sexual harmony,

0:13.8

while there's nothing you can't ask on Savage Lovecast. Karen Bailey and Nelda Majors have been together for 57 years.

0:29.4

They live in Arizona, which is where they met.

0:31.4

They met in college.

0:32.5

They have a home in Scottsdale where they live 57 fucking years together.

0:36.8

They were the first same-sex couple to marry in Arizona.

0:41.4

And so I just want to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Karen and Nelda on the occasion of your marriage.

0:49.4

And I would encourage you if you didn't see the picture that went out of Karen and Nelda at their wedding to go find it.

0:55.7

Both women are wearing lovely red blazers and black slacks and they look like the two sweetest grandmas you could ever hope to have if your grandmas are dykes.

1:06.5

They are darling and they are about as threatening to the institution of marriage as, I don't know, as like throwing a cupcake at it might be.

1:16.3

Karen and Neldo, of course, were just one of the same-sex couples to get married in the last few weeks after a tsunami of states were forced to recognize the constitutionality and legality of same-sex marriage in the wake of a Supreme Court non-decision.

1:31.0

The Supreme Court refused to take up a challenge to other lower court marriage equality decisions and let them all stand, all these appellate courts.

1:38.3

And that has legalized marriage in Kansas and Idaho and Oklahoma and Arizona and Nevada and all now, now 30 plus states,

1:48.7

a majority of states, on a majority of Americans now live in marriage equality states.

1:54.1

It's not quite a done deal, but we're getting close to a done deal.

1:59.1

If there's no conflict in any other appellate court rulings of

2:01.7

all the other circuit courts rule in favor of marriage equality and the Supreme Court again refuses

2:06.1

to take it up, it's over. Marriage equality came to a fucking Laska last week. Sarah Palin can see

2:14.0

gay people getting married from her house. Vladimir Putin can see gay marriage from his

2:19.6

house too. It was a terrific month last few weeks, terrific month for equality, for progress. Meanwhile,

2:27.7

there was a synod, which is a thing that sometimes happens in the Catholic Church. I'm sure you

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