Regular people: They're just like celebrities! Remember when Charlize Theron announced she and Stuart Townsend would get married only when the gays have the same right? And Brad Pitt said something similar about his relationship with Angelina Jolie, partly to end speculation of a ring ceremony, partly to stand up for GLBT rights?

Turns out regular folks are making the same committment — and it's going unreported! Reports the always-timely NYT Styles section:

Whether it makes sense or not, some heterosexual couples, mostly in their in 20s and 30s, are protesting the inability of gay and lesbian couples to marry by putting off their own marriage. Unless wedded bliss is available to everyone, in every state, they say, they want no part of it.

Well, at least until the girlfriend lands a job with those glittery things called health benefits, anyway.