Gay Marriag Are Better Than Straight Marriag - POLITICO Magaze

Contents:

• HETEROSEXUAL AND HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAG – ARE STRAIGHT AND GAY MARRIAG INTIL?
• STRAIGHT UPL GET MARRIED EARLIER THAN GAY UPL. HERE'S A LOOK AT WHY.
• GAY DIVORCE AND STRAIGHT DIVORCE: THE DIFFERENCE
• WHY LBIAN UPL ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIVORCE THAN GAY ON
• ARE GAY MARRIAG HEALTHIER THAN STRAIGHT MARRIAG?
• DIVORCE RAT SIAR AMONG GAY AND STRAIGHT COUPL
• HOW MANY GAY MARRIAG END IN DIVORCE?

HETEROSEXUAL AND HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAG – ARE STRAIGHT AND GAY MARRIAG INTIL?

Men and women 378 gay, lbian, and heterosexual marriag, " acrdg to the study. Although Kerby wrote this article before same-sex marriage was legalized, his asssment of homosexual relatnships has not changed bee the trsilly disorred nature of same-sex relatnships has not changed. Then he nsirs the difficulti troduced by homosexual marriage obtag the same benefs.

Is there any difference between heterosexual marriage and homosexual marriage? This is not te (as I discs more tail my book A Biblil Pot of View on Homosexualy{1}).

So before we even nsir the impact of homosexualy, same-sex marriage, and other alternative liftyl, we should nsir the benefs of tradnal marriage to society. Differenc Between Heterosexual Marriag and Homosexual Marriag.

STRAIGHT UPL GET MARRIED EARLIER THAN GAY UPL. HERE'S A LOOK AT WHY.

Are heterosexual upl and homosexual upl different?

GAY DIVORCE AND STRAIGHT DIVORCE: THE DIFFERENCE

The popular media treats heterosexual upl and homosexual upl as if they are no different.

One headle proclaimed, “Married and Gay Coupl Not All that Different, ” and sentially said they were jt like the uple next door. {15} He shows that “mted” homosexual relatnships are radilly different om married upl at least six ways: relatnship duratn, monogamy vs.

WHY LBIAN UPL ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIVORCE THAN GAY ON

Gay activists often pot to high divorce rat among married upl, suggtg that heterosexuals fare no better than homosexuals.

Rearch shows, however, that male homosexual relatnships last only a actn of the length of most marriag. Var studi of homosexual relatnships show a much different picture. For example, the Gay/Lbian Consumer Onle Cens of nearly 8, 000 homosexuals found that only 15% scribed their “current relatnship” lastg twelve years or longer.

ARE GAY MARRIAG HEALTHIER THAN STRAIGHT MARRIAG?

{17} A study of homosexual men the Netherlands published the journal AIDS found that the “duratn of steady partnerships” was one and a half years.

{18} In a study of male homosexualy reported Wtern Sexualy: Practice and Precept Past and Prent Tim, Pollak found that “few homosexual relatnships last longer than two years, wh many men reportg hundreds of lifetime partners. By ntrast, homosexuals were much ls monogamo and much more promiscuo. In the classic study by Bell and Weberg, they found that 43% of whe male homosexuals had sex wh 500 or more partners, wh 28% havg 1, 000 or more sex partners.

DIVORCE RAT SIAR AMONG GAY AND STRAIGHT COUPL

{22} And a Dutch study of partnered homosexuals, published the journal AIDS, found that men wh a steady partner neverthels had an average of eight sexual partners per year.

HOW MANY GAY MARRIAG END IN DIVORCE?

The thors of The Male Couple reported that their study of 156 mal homosexual relatnships lastg om 1 to 37 years, “Only seven upl have a totally exclive sexual relatnship, and the men all have been together for ls than five years.

”{24} They also found that most homosexual men unrstood sexual relatns outsi the relatnship to be the norm, and ually viewed standards of monogamy as an act of opprsn. A third difference between heterosexual and homosexual upl is “level of mment. ” Timothy Dailey argu: “If homosexuals and lbians tly sired the same kd of mment signified by marriage, then one would expect them to take advantage of the opportuny to enter to civil unns or registered partnerships.