"No, it's even more critical now," said Heifetz, who himself has a partner. "We are literally under attack by our own government. The government and the unnamed person [President Trump] have hired people whose first requirement seems to be that they have to have a dislike for homosexuals, and they have to promise to do everything they can to exclude us from any benefits. The number of things they've already excluded us from — every day, they seem to add something else. And I'm sure at the end of the list is gay marriage. One more appointment to the Supreme Court will probably fix that. And it's a shame after spending your whole life wanting to see your community achieve the same equality everyone else has.