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Rao Wants to Know: Gail Simone Makes History/Herstory…for Religion?

Gail Simone at SDCC 2009
Image provided by the Journal of the Lincoln Heights Literary Society Miscellanea and Ephemeron

In addition to being a civil union, many consider marriage to also be a religious union and rite. So, Rao has chosen to relay this report from Christopher Holden at The Mary Sue blog though it may not be explicitly religious (or, at least, not yet):

I am fairly confident that there has never been a polygamous, same sex marriage in mainstream comics before […] Regardless of whether this marriage remains canon or not, Gail Simone made a bold move in writing it into her last issue, and deserves admiration for including it because it was not done for shock value and stays true to the characters she had developed.

Get all the details on Scandal, Knockout, and Liana over at The Mary Sue, but, lest one is skeptical, here’s an image from the storyline in question.

Scandal, Knockout, and Liana from Secret Six #36
Image from Secret Six #36, art by Jim Calafiore

Rao wants to know: Does this rare union pertain to religion, or is it exclusively a comics milestone/footnote?