Apr 02
The Threat
John Cook, an 88-year-old retired teacher and school counselor, served in the Army during World War II, and was part of the second wave of troops that stormed Omaha Beach on D-Day. That was on June 6, 1944.
It would be another 14 years before he would meet the love of his life. Now, this still-happy couple is preparing to celebrate their golden anniversary.
There’s just one minor detail that unfortunately turns what should be an inspiring story about the endurance of love into story that disgusts some. 
That detail is that the love of Cook’s life is another man. Waverly Cole, 78, is a retired physician.
The two met at a 1958 cocktail party. The rest has been 50 years of history.
“Our fondness grows and that doesn’t diminish with the longevity of our relationship — it just gets more interesting and more delightful to be with each other each day,” Cole says.
And somehow, in a world where celebrities can get married and divorced faster than it takes some couples to plan a wedding to begin with, it’s people like this — people who have managed to stay together for decades — who are considered a threat to the “institution” of marriage?
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April 2nd, 2008 at 7:04 am
Thanks for mentioning this story, Patrick. AWESOME.
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Love–all love that harms no one–is a good, good thing. A blessed thing. That anyone pretends to some brand of biblical or uber-moralistic condemnation of this kind of devotion says far more about the love-deprived denouncer than it does of those whose love for one another endures.
Good for John and Waverly. Too bad so many hetero marriages are such travesties.