South Africa's high court approves gay marriage

[DanaC]

So a man not being able to sign medical papers for his lover just does not matter to me in the face of all of our other problems, really, it's not important to me.

Well then if it's not important to you, why should the rest of society give a shit huh?

As a staunch pragmatist I do not have the excess time or energy to deal with all this emotional dithering.

I have yet to see any evidence that you are a pragmatist, staunch or otherwise.