Gay marriage and declining marriage rates

But she noted that the study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, still showed that more than twice as many people in same-sex marriages and unions killed themselves than those in opposite-sex marriages. Offspring resulting from such forced adult heterosexuality would require no effort on the part of lesbians, since sexual arousal is not a prerequisite for conception. They married on July 1, , in Connecticut, decked out in beautiful white dresses and surrounded by bridesmaids and groomsmen in blue. By the time the Supreme Court took up the final case, gays and lesbians could already marry in 36 states. Schulman, Sarah. Figure 3: More women than men married at younger ages while more men than women married at older ages for opposite-sex marriages Percentage of marriages of opposite-sex couples by age of men and women, England and Wales, Additionally, with this increasing societal acceptance of homosexuality, and as a way to circumvent the often insurmountable costs associated with alternative reproductive technologies at least for gay men I suspect that gay married couples will begin adopting children with increasing frequency through the support of state-sponsored equality initiatives , effectively putting a full stop to the transmission of their genes.

Since then, divorces have been on the decline. While police estimated that some , took part, protest organizers said that 1. And marriage is not a necessary step in pregnancy, as borne out by the statistics.