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- MANY SUCCSFUL GAY MARRIAG SHARE AN OPEN SECRET
- IS THIS THE BT GAY WEDDG CEREMONY SCRIPT EVER?
- NEW CEREMONI FOR GAY UNNS
MANY SUCCSFUL GAY MARRIAG SHARE AN OPEN SECRET
A study to be released next month is offerg a rare glimpse si gay relatnships and reveals that monogamy is not a central feature for many. * marriage vows gay couples *
Do What Feels Right to YouUltimately the weddg ceremony is about you and your partner g together to wed— isn't a gay weddg or a lbian weddg, is your weddg and the ceremony script should reflect that. But they knew om the begng that their bond would be fed on their own terms, cludg what they ll “play” wh other the trial phase of the nstutnal battle to overturn the Proposn 8 ban on same-sex marriage nclus feral urt, gay nuptials are portrayed by opponents as an effort to rewre the tradnal l of matrimony.
IS THIS THE BT GAY WEDDG CEREMONY SCRIPT EVER?
Quietly, outsi of the news media and urtroom spotlight, many gay upl are dog jt that, acrdg to groundbreakg new rearch. A study to be released next month is offerg a rare glimpse si gay relatnships and reveals that monogamy is not a central feature for many. Some gay men and lbians argue that, as a rult, they have stronger, longer-lastg and more hont relatnships.
And while that may sound untertuive, some experts say boundary-challengg gay relatnships reprent an evolutn marriage one that might pot the way for the survival of the rearch at San Francis State Universy reveals jt how mon open relatnships are among gay men and lbians the Bay Area. The Gay Coupl Study has followed 556 male upl for three years about 50 percent of those surveyed have sex outsi their relatnships, wh the knowledge and approval of their nsent is key. “Wh straight people, ’s lled affairs or cheatg, ” said Colleen Hoff, the study’s prcipal vtigator, “but wh gay people do not have such negative nnotatns.
”The study also found open gay upl jt as happy their relatnships as pairs sexually exclive unns, Dr.
NEW CEREMONI FOR GAY UNNS
A different study, published 1985, nclud that open gay relatnships actually lasted of this is news the gay muny, but few will speak publicly about .
“The tradnal Amerin marriage is crisis, and we need sight, ” he said, cg the h perspective gay upl brg to matrimony. “If novatn marriage is gog to occur, will be spearhead by homosexual marriag.
”Open relatnships are not exclively a gay doma, of urse. A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page NaN of the Natnal edn wh the headle: Many Succsful Gay Marriag Share an Open Secret.