As maycett mentions later, it's applicable to people who are not Canadian citizens, but are citizens of countries whose laws regrettably don't observe same-sex marriages.

That's essentially it. It's unfortunate for the couples involved but from a purely legal standpoint it makes perfect sense.

Eh, Dan Savage is local, in all likelihood by the end of the year he'll be able to get a completely legal same sex marriage at home. But, ultimately, the rights that I personally worry about aren't ones from the state they're the ones from the federal government and being married in Canada doesn't really do anything about that one way or another.

Plus Dan's a hero for finally naming that stuff I can't really talk about "santorum."