CNN: Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, 4 years later
Deborah Feyerick and Sheila Steffen, writing for CNN:
In the six months after May 17, 2004, when Massachusetts began issuing marriage licenses for gay and lesbian couples, an estimated 6,100 same-sex couples married. They now average less than 1,000 a year, according to MassEquality.org, a grassroots organization working to help gay and lesbian couples achieve equality.
Having the same rights as heterosexual couples means the same issues — like divorce. So far, at least 48 same-sex divorces have been reported. Same-sex divorces are hard to track because they are recorded by the last names of the parties involved, without reference to gender, according to Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, a leading gay rights organization.
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They don’t want equality, they want to control. How can a mere 2-3% decide the definition of marriage?
Harold - why do you think you own the word “marriage”? It’s about kinship and legal protections.