not the norm. Long unions are between the old 'traditional' gays. Those are the old ones that love to decorate their homes and have tea parties and get together with their old women friends. They are more like old spinsters and quiet about their orientation even though you know what they are. They probably even go to church but still are discreet. Those folk are very few and far between. I knew an old couple like this about 15 years ago. They're probably dead now.
---A greasy, fried piece of meat becomes a political symbol in a country where it seems every other person is fat. People using their couch-change make a political point. This (*)(*)(*)(*) is too funny, you couldn't write better material. Anything to capture the elusive sensation, "I do care about something", no matter how fleeting. What will it be next week?
Nature's "crowd control" is every gazelle that got eaten by a lion before it could reproduce. It is every bird egg eaten by a snake. It is every species which became extinct. Nature has myriad ways to end the tenuous grip on life that any creature has. It's tough enough out there trying to keep that genetic code going through the generations without "playing for the other team". In this case "playing for the other team" means not only the gay team, but the extinction team as well. If not extinction for the entire species, then for your own line of genetics which, through "survival of the fittest" and dumb luck, has lasted countless years and tribulations to become the masterpiece it is today. But it could still be improved upon, if you give it the chance. I guess you have to decide who represents the philosophy you uphold, Darwin or Malthus.