marriage the reference to a same sex 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 'same sex' to qualify the domestic partnership also whilst marriage is legally in some places equally available to same sex 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'