Well Before Same-Sex Relationship, 'Adopted Son' Could Mean 'Life Partner' Long Before Same-Sex Relationship, 'Adopted Son' Could Suggest 'Wife' Civil-rights chief Bayard Rustin, left, and Walter Naegle, appropriate, turned into associates for the 1970s and were along until Rustin's passing. Years before gay wedding was actually an option, Rustin implemented Naegle to give legal cover...