Marriages gay and throwaway

[foreigncorrespondent]

WHO WOULD have believed that Britney Spears would end up striking a blow for gay marriage? I'm not talking about the pop star's fleeting moments with Madonna. I'm talking about her fleeting hours with Jason Allen Alexander.

The newly wed and unwed Britney began her career as a professional virgin telling little-girl fans they could be sexy without having sex before marriage. Then year by year, hit by hit, she performed a professional striptease act, from plaid skirt to Esquire buff, from Justin Timberlake to Jason Alexander.

Early one Vegas morn, after watching that romantic classic, "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," these hometown friends looked at each other and, according to Jason, said, "Let's do something wild, crazy. Let's go get married, just for the hell of it."

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