<story><title>White House Had Advance Notice on Heathrow Detention</title><url>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/08/19/white-house-had-advance-notice-on-heathrow-detention/?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mitchty</author><text>To be honest it was confusing as hell because they said partner and his name is Miranda, more commonly a girls name. Seriously, boyfriend or husband, partner just sounds like some live in person or like you said business related.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m also amused by just how hard these reporters seem to even avoid pronouns or other language that would indicate his gender. Strikes me as really really odd.</text></item><item><author>saraid216</author><text>...it took me this long to realize &amp;quot;partner&amp;quot; was a personal relation, not a professional relation.</text></item><item><author>mjolk</author><text>How would that notification go?&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Hey guys, we&amp;#x27;re going to bully the boyfriend of a reporter for you.  High five?&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>alan_cx</author><text>Yep, hands up, took me a while too.&lt;p&gt;I wonder if the media and&amp;#x2F;or government(s) were bending over backwards to make damn sure no one could be accused of homophobia. Dunno about the US, but in the UK, if there were the slightest smell of homophobia, a whole new can of worms would have been opened. The gay rights folk would have, rightly IMHO, exploded, with quite a lot of public support. Oddly, I reckon if this had been some how made a gay issue, the government would have been in a lot more trouble. Last thing this UK government in particular wants is any more controversy over gay rights issues. Lining it to the spying would be both explosive, and kinda 1960&amp;#x27;s traditional!!!&lt;p&gt;Or perhaps some credit is due in that some parts of the media have simply grown up, and the gay part really is a non issue. Which would be a good thing.</text></comment>
<story><title>White House Had Advance Notice on Heathrow Detention</title><url>http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/08/19/white-house-had-advance-notice-on-heathrow-detention/?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mitchty</author><text>To be honest it was confusing as hell because they said partner and his name is Miranda, more commonly a girls name. Seriously, boyfriend or husband, partner just sounds like some live in person or like you said business related.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m also amused by just how hard these reporters seem to even avoid pronouns or other language that would indicate his gender. Strikes me as really really odd.</text></item><item><author>saraid216</author><text>...it took me this long to realize &amp;quot;partner&amp;quot; was a personal relation, not a professional relation.</text></item><item><author>mjolk</author><text>How would that notification go?&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Hey guys, we&amp;#x27;re going to bully the boyfriend of a reporter for you.  High five?&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pessimizer</author><text>David Miranda.</text></comment>