>>I see far more merit in a gay couple actually honoring their marriage vows than in a hetero couple who will be breaking theirs within a year.
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>The key issue is the respect of the marriage vows and for each party, not the sexual orientation. I do not think there is any evidence that homosexual relationships are any more stable or monogamous than heterosexual ones. People in relationships (regardless of their sexual orientation) are human and I think the percentage of successful relationships is probably very similar across the board. Just because a gay couple has taken vows does not mean that the odds of both parties in the relationship being true to their vows is any more greater in a heterosexual relationship.

One of the first lesbian couples to be formally and properly married here filed for divorce less than a year later.
It made the news only because the problems (with the law) started all over again because the divorce laws still assumed male/female only!

Really just another example of how just about EVERYTHING is very shoddily done these days. I really did expect that the government would have taken care of ALL aspects of "gay marriage" in ALL the laws. But alas, as with anything else today, being thorough is NOT a quality of ANY "service".

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