I saw this article at http://www.sfgate.co… late Friday afternoon.  I have no idea who this golf player is, or what his level of celebrity might be, but the story was enough to get attention of the MSM.

The details get more ludicrous as the story progresses.  I’ve been thinking about it and comparing it to what Mitt Romney said last week:

“Marriage is an institution which is designed to bring a man and woman together to raise a child and that the ideal setting for society at large is where there is a male and a female are associated with the development and nurturing a child.”

Daly Says Wife Attacked Him With Knife

By TERESA M. WALKER, Associated Press Writer

Friday, June 8, 2007

(06-08) 19:39 PDT Memphis, Tenn. (AP) —

John Daly told authorities his wife tried stab him with a steak knife, and the golfer had red marks on his cheeks when he showed up to play Friday on the course where he lives.

Daly called police about 6 a.m. on Friday, Shelby County Sheriff’s department spokesman Steve Shular said. When deputies arrived, wife Sherrie and the couple’s children were not there. Deputies could not find the knife he claimed she used.

Daly is competing this week in the Stanford St. Jude Championship on a sponsor’s exemption. He was tied for eighth after the first round in which he had a triple bogey and rebounded with five straight birdies.

He did not speak with reporters, but issued a statement saying he was the “victim of an assault by my wife.”

“I filed a complaint with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office. They are investigating, and I’ll have no further comment on the matter while they pursue their investigation. My only concern at this point is for the safety of my children and myself,” the statement said.

Daly also said he was working with local authorities and tour security for protection. He had two bodyguards with him through his round, and he went from a tie for eighth to a tie for 58th with a 4-over 74 that featured two double bogeys, five bogeys and five birdies.

He did not speak to reporters after finishing his round, which should let him play into the weekend for only the fourth time in 12 events this year.

No charges had been filed Friday afternoon, and it will be Daly’s decision whether he wants that to happen, Shular said.

The 41-year-old golfer and his wife argued last night at a restaurant near the golf course, he told deputies.

Daly has won two majors ? the 1991 PGA Championship and 1995 British Open ? but his play has been overshadowed by two trips to alcohol rehab, outrageous tales of gambling losses, trashed hotel rooms and suspensions.

Daly has struggled this season. He has one top-25 finish and has made only three cuts. He has withdrawn from three other events.

Daly met Sherrie at this tournament in 2001, and they married seven weeks later. Their son, John Patrick, was born a week before she and her parents were indicted in Mississippi on charges stemming from what authorities said was a drug ring and an illegal gambling operation.

Sherrie Daly pleaded guilty in November 2004 to a charge of conspiracy to structure a transaction to evade the reporting requirement. She began serving a five-month sentence in January 2006, then filed for divorce in Shelby County on Oct. 17, 2006.

Daly filed himself a day later, then said a month later that things were on hold. Shular said police had been called to the home only once before for a false alarm in December and that Sherrie Daly had listed a Collierville address for herself.

His autobiography ? “My Life In & Out of the Rough” ? details his gambling and drinking addiction with one chapter devoted to his three former wives that was titled, “All My Exes Wear Rolexes.”Why do marriages like these escape the scrutiny of the majority of this country, yet there is a never ending stream of ignorance directed at LGBT families?  Why are we expected to uphold a moral code that the majority of the country does not uphold? 

They are permitted to marry and divorce at will with no repercussion and don’t get blamed for the destruction of western civilization. 

Would someone please ask the candidates about this discrepancy?  Are they concerned with the preservation of institution of marriage or with enforcing inequality against LGBT Americans to gain votes?