A quarter of New York’s new marriages are gay

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  1. In before fundie scaremongers claim that a quarter of all marriages in the US are gay because they want to “destroy our way of life” or something equally nonsensical.

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    1. Yes – “They want to destroy the institution of marriage!” By … erm … getting married.

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  2. Wildseas  23 Aug 2011, 12:14pm  Report
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    Well done and excellent news :-)

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  3. This is to be expected as there is obviously a very large backlog of same sex marriages to perform.

    I expect that within a year this figure will have settled to a more realistic percentage.

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  4. Meanwhile, same-sex marriage in the UK, 0%, ongoing.

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  5. Peter & Michael  23 Aug 2011, 5:40pm  Report
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    Pity, we can’t have Same Sex Marriage here in the UK, and what is the position of Married Same-Sex couples from America here in the UK? Will these be recognised by UK government and entry allowed for holiday and educational studies, etc.

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  6. Reiterating what Peter and Michael said above. Does anyone know if getting married in NY would mean anything in UK. I would love to get married in NY.

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    1. I don’t know about NY specifically, but foreign same sex marriages are ‘reclassified’ to a CP in the UK.

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      1. So a gay UK citizen marrying abroad would have their marriage treated as a CP on their return to the UK – which is offensive.

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      2. Peter & Michael  24 Aug 2011, 7:37am  Report
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        But foreign same sex marriages cannot have a Civil Partnership in the UK as they would not have a valid UK home address. Perhaps one should always have their Same-Sex Marriage Certificate to hand. When staying in hotels in England we have been asked for sight of our Civil Partnership certificate, which we keep on our person.

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  7. Jock S. Trap  29 Aug 2011, 9:32am  Report
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    Says alot. Seems the LGBTQI may save marriage after all. :)

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