Marriage The reference to a samesex marriage was removed Whilst I understand why I think it is also important that the matter is made clear to anyone who is new to either author The article does not make it clear that C J Cherryh is also female I have therefore entered samesex to qualify the domestic partnership   Also whilst marriage is legallyin some places equally available to samesex or hetreosexual couples not everyone believes that in religious terms the two unions are equal The view of those people also deserves to be respected as well as other views I have therefore qualified the term marriage with legal