The reality of straight marriage relationships is no bed of roses and when couples find it too onerus they can't walk away without dire consequences........
Census: 150,000 same-sex couples say they're in marriage relationships
Hope Yen, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
22 September 2009 07:26
WASHINGTON - Nearly 150,000 same-sex couples reported being in marriage relationships last year, many more than the number of actual weddings and civil unions, according to the first U.S. census figures released on same-sex marriages.
About 27 per cent of the estimated 564,743 total gay couples in the United States said they were in a relationship akin to "husband" and "wife," according to the Census Bureau tally provided to The Associated Press. That's compared with 91 per cent of the 61.3 million total opposite-sex couples who reported being married.
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