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Help! What am I going to do about gay marriage?

A woman in Atlanta celebrates the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing gay marriage across the United States. (AP Photo/Ron Harris)
A woman in Atlanta celebrates the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing gay marriage across the United States. (AP Photo/Ron Harris)
By Bill Torpy
June 29, 2015

This whole gay marriage thing has me pretty rattled. Here's my problem: I'm not ready to get gay married.

I mean, it's great for other folks, if that's what they want, especially if they're gay. But it's just all too sudden for me. Seriously, I don't even own a skinny-cut tux or a rainbow cumberbund. And what am I going to tell my wife?

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Bill Torpy, who writes about metro Atlanta for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, joined the newspaper in 1990.

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