What a beautiful little movie Ira Sachs made with Love Is Strange. Alfred Molina and John
Lithgow play George and Ben, a same sex couple who get married (thanks to a
change in New York law) after almost forty years together as partners. George,
who works as a music educator in a private Catholic school, is fired for not
upholding the values of the Church. Essentially, his marriage stands in
conflict with the public image of the Church. The decision is not unlike any
company firing someone for publicly engaging in a behavior that reflects poorly
on company values. However, his colleagues and most of his students and their
parents knew he was gay and lived with Ben.
