The Gay Divorce

Contents:

• HOW MANY GAY MARRIAG END IN DIVORCE?
• COLE {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}A GIFTED POSER AND LYRICIST, COLE PORTER CREATED SONGS LIKE "NIGHT AND DAY," AND THE MIC FOR BROADWAY SHOWS SUCH AS 'ANYTHG GO' AND 'KISS ME, KATE.'{MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{LE-HEIGHT:1.6;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;LOR:#323232;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: APR 22, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;--POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} A{POSN:ABSOLUTE;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{BACKGROUND:#C92228;BOTTOM:0;PADDG:.5REM;RIGHT:0;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG:0.39REM;}}{DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:1REM;WIDTH:1REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:1.063REM;HEIGHT:1.063REM;}}{LE-HEIGHT:1;MARG-TOP:0.3125REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0;}}{PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}PHOTO: SASHA/HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;}(1891-1964){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO WAS COLE PORTER?A TALENTED POSER AND SONGWRER, COLE PORTER HANDLED BOTH MIC AND LYRICS WH EASE, AND NQUERED BROADWAY AND HOLLYWOOD WH HIS WTY SONGS. HIS WORK CLUS "NIGHT AND DAY" AND "I'VE GOT YOU UNR MY SK." HOWEVER, HIS LIFE WAS MARRED BY A 1937 RIDG ACCINT THAT LEFT HIM UNABLE TO WALK. HE DIED CALIFORNIA 1964, HAVG WRTEN MORE THAN 800 SONGS.EARLY LIFECOLE PORTER WAS BORN ON JUNE 9, 1891, PE, INDIANA. HIS MOTHER GAVE HIM THE MIDDLE NAME ALBERT LATER HIS LIFE. WH A WEALTHY GRANDFATHER, JAM OMAR COLE, PORTER HAD A FORTABLE CHILDHOOD, DURG WHICH HE STUDIED THE VL AND PIANO. HE PREFERRED THE PIANO, AND WAS SOON PRACTICG FOR TWO HOURS EVERY DAY. AT AGE 11, HE WROTE A SONG THAT HIS MOTHER HELPED HIM PUBLISH. WHILE AN UNRGRAD AT YALE UNIVERSY, PORTER WROTE THE FIGHT SONG "BULLDOG," AS WELL AS OTHER PIEC FOR STUNT PRODUCTNS; HIS OUTPUT DURG THE YEARS TOTALED APPROXIMATELY 300 SONGS. AS HIS GRANDFATHER DIDN'T WANT HIM TO HAVE A REER MIC, PORTER WAS DISPATCHED TO HARVARD'S LAW SCHOOL. HOWEVER, HE SOON SWCHED TO STUDYG MIC (THOUGH HIS GRANDFATHER WAS TOLD HE NTUED TO BE A LAW STUNT).LIVG EUROPEAFTER HIS FIRST MIL, SEE AMERI FIRST, MA AN UNSUCCSFUL APPEARANCE ON BROADWAY 1916, PORTER WENT TO FRANCE THE NEXT YEAR. WORLD WAR I WAS STILL PROGRS, AND HE SENT HOME (UNTE) REPORTS THAT HE HAD JOED THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGN. PORTER WAS ACTUALLY PARTICIPATG AN ACTIVE PARISIAN SOCIAL LIFE. IN 1919, HE MARRIED LDA LEE THOMAS, A WIDOWED SOCIALE. PORTER'S LIFE WH THOMAS FEATURED TRAVEL AROUND EUROPE. THE TWO SET UP A HOME PARIS, AND LATER RENTED THE PALAZZO REZZONI VENICE, ITALY. PORTER DIDN'T PEND ON MIC FOR AN E; ADDN TO HIS WIFE'S MONEY, HE RECEIVED FANCIAL SUPPORT OM HIS FAY. HOWEVER, HE NTUED TO CREATE SONGS, WH HIS NUMBERS APPEARG SOME LONDON SHOWS.MIL SUCCSPORTER WROTE "LET'S DO IT (LET'S FALL IN LOVE)" FOR PARIS (1928). THE SONG WAS A H, AND THE BEGNG OF A SUCCSFUL BROADWAY REER THAT REACHED NEW HEIGHTS THE 1930S. FOR GAY DIVORCE (1932), WHICH STARRED FRED ASTAIRE, PORTER WROTE "NIGHT AND DAY." ANYTHG GO (1934) NTAED MORE POPULAR NUMBERS, CLUDG "I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU" AND "YOU'RE THE TOP." OTHER NOTABLE SONGS PORTER WROTE DURG THIS ARE "BEG THE BEGUE" (1935) AND "IT'S DE-LOVELY" (1936). HIS TALENTS FOUND A HOME ON THE BIG SCREEN AS WELL: "EASY TO LOVE" (1936) "I'VE GOT YOU UNR MY SK" (1936) AND "IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT" (1937) WERE ALL WRTEN FOR THE MOVI.ACCINT AND AFTERMATHIN 1937, PORTER WAS A RIDG ACCINT; HIS HORSE FELL ON TOP OF HIM, CSHG BOTH OF HIS LEGS. THE AFTEREFFECTS OF HIS JURI WOULD FORCE PORTER TO ENDURE MORE THAN 30 OPERATNS AND YEARS OF PA. HOWEVER, SPE OF THIS, HE NTUED TO WORK, PRODUCG MEMORABLE SONGS LIKE "FRIENDSHIP" (1939) AND "YOU'D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO" (1942). SOME OF PORTER'S POST-ACCINT BROADWAY SHOWS WERE SUCCSFUL, IF FETTABLE, SUCH AS SOMETHG FOR THE BOYS (1943). HE HAD A HUGE FLOP WH AROUND THE WORLD (1946), DIRECTED BY AND STARRG {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}ORSON WELL. IN KISS ME, KATE (1948), ADAPTED OM WILLIAM SHAKPEARE'S THE TAMG OF THE SHREW, PORTER ONCE AGA HAD A MIL H, RECEIVG A TONY AWARD FOR HIS WORK. THE SHOW'S SONGS CLU "TOO DARN HOT" AND "I'VE COME TO WIVE IT WEALTHILY IN PADUA."LATER YEARS AND DEATHPORTER'S WIFE DIED 1954. DPE HIS YEARS OF EXTRAMARAL HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIPS, SHE HAD BEEN A SOURCE OF IENDSHIP AND SUPPORT, AND HER ATH WAS A BLOW FOR PORTER. HE NTUED TO WORK ON BOTH BROADWAY SHOWS AND FILMS—GAG AN AMY AWARD NOMATN FOR "TE LOVE," WRTEN FOR HIGH SOCIETY (1956)—BUT HE ALSO PED TO ALHOL AND PAKILLERS. IN 1958, DUE TO HIS ACCINT, PORTER HAD TO HAVE HIS RIGHT LEG AMPUTATED. AFTERWARD, HE STOPPED WRG SONGS. HE ALSO WHDREW OM PUBLIC LIFE, TELLG IENDS, "I AM ONLY HALF A MAN NOW." AT 73, HE DIED SANTA MONI, CALIFORNIA, ON OCTOBER 15, {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

HOW MANY GAY MARRIAG END IN DIVORCE?

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Naturally, gay divorce wasn’t far behd. Here is everythg you need to know about gay divorce should your gay marriage e to an end.

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HIS WORK CLUS "NIGHT AND DAY" AND "I'VE GOT YOU UNR MY SK." HOWEVER, HIS LIFE WAS MARRED BY A 1937 RIDG ACCINT THAT LEFT HIM UNABLE TO WALK. HE DIED CALIFORNIA 1964, HAVG WRTEN MORE THAN 800 SONGS.EARLY LIFECOLE PORTER WAS BORN ON JUNE 9, 1891, PE, INDIANA. HIS MOTHER GAVE HIM THE MIDDLE NAME ALBERT LATER HIS LIFE. WH A WEALTHY GRANDFATHER, JAM OMAR COLE, PORTER HAD A FORTABLE CHILDHOOD, DURG WHICH HE STUDIED THE VL AND PIANO. HE PREFERRED THE PIANO, AND WAS SOON PRACTICG FOR TWO HOURS EVERY DAY. AT AGE 11, HE WROTE A SONG THAT HIS MOTHER HELPED HIM PUBLISH. WHILE AN UNRGRAD AT YALE UNIVERSY, PORTER WROTE THE FIGHT SONG "BULLDOG," AS WELL AS OTHER PIEC FOR STUNT PRODUCTNS; HIS OUTPUT DURG THE YEARS TOTALED APPROXIMATELY 300 SONGS. AS HIS GRANDFATHER DIDN'T WANT HIM TO HAVE A REER MIC, PORTER WAS DISPATCHED TO HARVARD'S LAW SCHOOL. HOWEVER, HE SOON SWCHED TO STUDYG MIC (THOUGH HIS GRANDFATHER WAS TOLD HE NTUED TO BE A LAW STUNT).LIVG EUROPEAFTER HIS FIRST MIL, SEE AMERI FIRST, MA AN UNSUCCSFUL APPEARANCE ON BROADWAY 1916, PORTER WENT TO FRANCE THE NEXT YEAR. WORLD WAR I WAS STILL PROGRS, AND HE SENT HOME (UNTE) REPORTS THAT HE HAD JOED THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGN. PORTER WAS ACTUALLY PARTICIPATG AN ACTIVE PARISIAN SOCIAL LIFE. IN 1919, HE MARRIED LDA LEE THOMAS, A WIDOWED SOCIALE. PORTER'S LIFE WH THOMAS FEATURED TRAVEL AROUND EUROPE. THE TWO SET UP A HOME PARIS, AND LATER RENTED THE PALAZZO REZZONI VENICE, ITALY. PORTER DIDN'T PEND ON MIC FOR AN E; ADDN TO HIS WIFE'S MONEY, HE RECEIVED FANCIAL SUPPORT OM HIS FAY. HOWEVER, HE NTUED TO CREATE SONGS, WH HIS NUMBERS APPEARG SOME LONDON SHOWS.MIL SUCCSPORTER WROTE "LET'S DO IT (LET'S FALL IN LOVE)" FOR PARIS (1928). THE SONG WAS A H, AND THE BEGNG OF A SUCCSFUL BROADWAY REER THAT REACHED NEW HEIGHTS THE 1930S. FOR GAY DIVORCE (1932), WHICH STARRED FRED ASTAIRE, PORTER WROTE "NIGHT AND DAY." ANYTHG GO (1934) NTAED MORE POPULAR NUMBERS, CLUDG "I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU" AND "YOU'RE THE TOP." OTHER NOTABLE SONGS PORTER WROTE DURG THIS ARE "BEG THE BEGUE" (1935) AND "IT'S DE-LOVELY" (1936). HIS TALENTS FOUND A HOME ON THE BIG SCREEN AS WELL: "EASY TO LOVE" (1936) "I'VE GOT YOU UNR MY SK" (1936) AND "IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT" (1937) WERE ALL WRTEN FOR THE MOVI.ACCINT AND AFTERMATHIN 1937, PORTER WAS A RIDG ACCINT; HIS HORSE FELL ON TOP OF HIM, CSHG BOTH OF HIS LEGS. THE AFTEREFFECTS OF HIS JURI WOULD FORCE PORTER TO ENDURE MORE THAN 30 OPERATNS AND YEARS OF PA. HOWEVER, SPE OF THIS, HE NTUED TO WORK, PRODUCG MEMORABLE SONGS LIKE "FRIENDSHIP" (1939) AND "YOU'D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO" (1942). SOME OF PORTER'S POST-ACCINT BROADWAY SHOWS WERE SUCCSFUL, IF FETTABLE, SUCH AS SOMETHG FOR THE BOYS (1943). HE HAD A HUGE FLOP WH AROUND THE WORLD (1946), DIRECTED BY AND STARRG {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}ORSON WELL. IN KISS ME, KATE (1948), ADAPTED OM WILLIAM SHAKPEARE'S THE TAMG OF THE SHREW, PORTER ONCE AGA HAD A MIL H, RECEIVG A TONY AWARD FOR HIS WORK. THE SHOW'S SONGS CLU "TOO DARN HOT" AND "I'VE COME TO WIVE IT WEALTHILY IN PADUA."LATER YEARS AND DEATHPORTER'S WIFE DIED 1954. DPE HIS YEARS OF EXTRAMARAL HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIPS, SHE HAD BEEN A SOURCE OF IENDSHIP AND SUPPORT, AND HER ATH WAS A BLOW FOR PORTER. HE NTUED TO WORK ON BOTH BROADWAY SHOWS AND FILMS—GAG AN AMY AWARD NOMATN FOR "TE LOVE," WRTEN FOR HIGH SOCIETY (1956)—BUT HE ALSO PED TO ALHOL AND PAKILLERS. IN 1958, DUE TO HIS ACCINT, PORTER HAD TO HAVE HIS RIGHT LEG AMPUTATED. AFTERWARD, HE STOPPED WRG SONGS. 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A brief history of marriage equaly/gay marriage.

Before we get to the specifics of gay divorce, let’s first discs a brief history of the fight to ga marriage equaly the Uned Stat.