Helen was confused and perhaps a little jealous; her distant cousins the tomatoes, lettuce, and peas could pollinate themselves, no one else needed.  She wondered, depending on how the Supreme Court ruled on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s proposition eight regarding the legality of same sex marriage, would her far flung self pollinating cousins maybe be able to marry themselves?  . . . .  David, Sf.G.