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Meryl Streep and her husband of 45 years, Don Gummer, are living separate lives, sources confirmed to Page Six Friday. The Oscar-winning icon, 74, and the feted sculptor, 76, have been separated for more than six years. In an exclusive statement, a spokesperson for the beloved star told us, “Don Gummer and Meryl Streep have been separated for more than 6 years, and while they will always care for each other, they have chosen lives apart.”

I thank Andrew Sullivan for his considered response in TNR Online to my recent Wall Street Journal article on gay marriage. I have long respected Sullivan for his eminently sensible and often fresh writing on so many cultural and political issues. In fact, I thought of him frequently as I wrote the article on gay marriage, and wondered what his response might be. Now I know, and would like to briefly respond to him. Sullivan disagrees with my contention that gay marriage is not really a civil rights issue by referring to the famous Loving v Virginia miscegenation case in...