<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Quote For The Day&nbsp;II]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;There’s something about realizing that marriage is opt-in — which it is now, marriage is always opt-in, at any moment you can opt out — it’s almost like you have to earn your partner’s presence in your life. &#8230; You cannot take them for granted in a way that you could when it was one woman, one man, for life,&#8221; &#8211; <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/30/dan-savage-andrew-sullivan-nypl-live/" target="_blank">Dan Savage</a>, in conversation with yours truly a couple of nights ago at the New York Public Library.</p>
<p>Dan and I just also recorded a podcast together. It will be part of a series of conversations called &#8220;Andrew Asks Anything&#8221; that we&#8217;ll be releasing exclusively to subscribers this fall. Stay tuned.</p>
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