Dan Savageâs mother wants him to get married. His boyfriend, Terry, says âno thanksâ because he doesnât want to act like a straight person. Their six-year-old son DJ says his two dads arenât âallowedâ to get married, but that heâd like to come to the reception and eat cake. Throw into the mix Danâs straight siblings, whose varied choices form a microcosm of how Americans are approaching marriage these days, and you get a rollicking family memoir that will have everyoneâgay or straight, right or left, single or marriedâhowling with laughter and rethinking their notions of marriage and all it entails.
Dan Savageâs mother wants him to get married. His boyfriend, Terry, says âno thanksâ because he doesnât want to act like a straight person. Their six-year-old son DJ says his two dads arenât âallowedâ to get married, but that heâd like to come to the reception and eat cake. Throw into the mix Danâs straight siblings, whose varied choices form a microcosm of how Americans are approaching marriage these days, and you get a rollicking family memoir that will have everyoneâgay or straight, right or left, single or marriedâhowling with laughter and rethinking their notions of marriage and all it entails.