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The Philosopher Donating Member (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 05:33 PM
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US gay couples “quicker to enter marriage than civil unions”
from PinkNews.co.uk

A US study author has said the country’s gay couples take advantage of new equal marriage rights more quickly than other legally recognised unions when they are introduced.

The study, by The Williams Institute, was designed to create a country-wide representation of the demand for legal recognition among same-sex couples. It compared data for states with full marriage equality and states with civil unions.

In the US, over 140,000 same-sex couples have had their relationship recognised by state law and nearly 50,000 have married.

The data showed that same-sex couples are marrying at higher rates than they are entering civil unions or other legally recognised partnerships, particularly when the options are first introduced by a state.

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M.V. Lee Badgett, Research Director of The Williams Institute said: “We see a lot of evidence that same-sex couples strongly prefer marriage over civil unions or domestic partnerships.

“Same-sex couples marry at higher rates in the first year they have the option than we see in civil union states, for example.

“Our findings are consistent with other research showing that couples value marriage more for its social meaning than for its practical benefits.”

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frebrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 06:23 PM
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1. Not surprising that they find "equal" more inviting.......
Edited on Thu Nov-10-11 06:31 PM by frebrd
than "almost sort of equal".

Edited to add omitted word "than".
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-11 07:51 PM
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2. Maybe because they're real
rather than sort of.
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HillWilliam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 08:50 AM
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3. Great minds... that was my first thought exactly
Edited on Fri Nov-11-11 08:51 AM by HillWilliam
Anything less than marriage ain't marriage.

Edited to correct typo

Coffee. IV. STAT!
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RetiredTrotskyite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-13-11 05:32 AM
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4. Duh (More Like D'oh!) to the Government....
People prefer being first-class as opposed to second-class citizens, ESPECIALLY when they obey the law and pay taxes!
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MNBrewer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-13-11 02:26 PM
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5. What we want, and deserve, is absolute legal equality
We won't settle for "strong civil unions", as our "Fierce Advocate in Chief" would have us do.
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HockeyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-13-11 05:52 PM
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6. My daughter lives in NY
She is officially (already asked) getting engaged in December when I bring up her Great-Grandma's rings. Yes, they were waiting for NYS to legalize gay marriage. The whole family spent a LOT of time calling, sending emails, to get this passed. It's what they were waiting for.

They could have gone to Connecticut, as their friends have done, but they really wanted to marry in their own state of New York, and now they CAN!!!!!!

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