Many gay Americans recently watched with fascination the reality show concerning the Cheney family and Mary Cheney’s marriage to her spouse, Heather Poe. Particularly during the holiday season, it was agonizing to witness this all-too-familiar melodrama being played out in the media. In this case, Tolstoy was wrong: each unhappy family is not unhappy in its own way. In fact, almost every gay person of my and previous generations has experienced this type of painful conflict with at least one close family member at some point in their lives, all too often over turkey and pumpkin pie.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=207730