As this thread goes on, I'd like to make clear that I'm making my case as example of the exception: not as a platform of conversion. I understand the arguments as posted, I just don't agree with them. I am not talking about creating a world where everyone marries everyone til we have this middle-ground monoculture. I am saying that love and politics can remain on separate plains, and as an extension of this, convergent relationships can exist without the constant power play or ego-tripping that seem to categorize said relationships on this board.