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Massachusetts, and the downfall of society
When the Supreme Judicial Court handed down its landmark decision five years ago tomorrow allowing same-sex couples to wed in Massachusetts, opponents warned that traditional marriage would be endangered, while supporters envisioned an equality movement that would spread across the nation.
Over 11,000 same-sex marriages later, neither has happened...
Gay marriage rates leveled off at about 1,500 a year - about 4 percent of all state marriages - in 2006 and 2007. The divorce rate in Massachusetts has remained the same - and the lowest in the country... What's really changed is more subtle...
"When we're out together as a couple, it really doesn't come up, [said one gay married partner,] It's now considered normal." ...
"The sky didn't fall, [said another,] The newness of it has eased. It's just another marriage."
Their rights, however, remain limited to Massachusetts: The federal government doesn't recognize their marriage, and therefore does not extend to them the rights it accords heterosexual families for taxes, inheritance, and survivor benefits, among other things.
Complete article By David Filipov at Boston.com
Over 11,000 same-sex marriages later, neither has happened...
Gay marriage rates leveled off at about 1,500 a year - about 4 percent of all state marriages - in 2006 and 2007. The divorce rate in Massachusetts has remained the same - and the lowest in the country... What's really changed is more subtle...
"When we're out together as a couple, it really doesn't come up, [said one gay married partner,] It's now considered normal." ...
"The sky didn't fall, [said another,] The newness of it has eased. It's just another marriage."
Their rights, however, remain limited to Massachusetts: The federal government doesn't recognize their marriage, and therefore does not extend to them the rights it accords heterosexual families for taxes, inheritance, and survivor benefits, among other things.
Complete article By David Filipov at Boston.com