Have you ever driven past an Adopt a Highway sign and wondered what it would be like to lay claim to your own baby piece of national real estate? Well, a couple of young lovers have done just that. While driving through a barren stretch of Idaho highway, the two men decided to make an addition to their civil union by adopting a 1-mile stretch of desolate road, 50 miles outside of Boise on I-84. They named it Steve. The couple had stayed in Boise the night before and were taken by its charm. Since adopting the road, they have decorated it with little kid baseball clothes.The critics, however, were quick to strike against this unorthodox family structure. Gay marriage doesn't have a chance of legality in Idaho. The same goes for adoption. These two men have a long road ahead of them as they struggle to gain acceptance in the Idaho landscape. Other participants in the Adopt a Highway program have already petitioned the Department of Transportation to build a new road, bypassing Steve, so that their adopted stretches of I-84 don't have to interact it. The couple has stated that they will take the issue to the Supreme Court if necessary with some sort of Brown vs. Board of Education defense to try to stop the other adopters from isolating their new son.
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