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Marriage Policy Encourages One Spouse to Stay Home and the Other to Work
How will this affect same-sex couples as they gain more and more legal rights?
Are same-sex marriages different from heterosexual ones? Does the institution change when it’s expanded to include gay couples? For a long time there wasn’t enough data to answer those questions. But now that same-sex marriage has been legal in parts of the United States and Europe for a decade, there’s finally enough research. In “The Gay Guide to Wedded Bliss,” Liza Mundy offers an analysis of this research to determine how same-sex married couples are distinctive, and how they’re not. Here, we take an in-depth look at the studies, trends, and still-open questions Mundy explores in her piece.
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How will this affect same-sex couples as they gain more and more legal rights?
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Public policy should catch up with the reality that fewer and fewer children are being raised in homes with two married parents.
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Most married couples with children are satisfied with their relationships.
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With so many options for gay Christians, why stick with the Catholic church?
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As Americans increasingly embrace a range of behaviors, they're less and less permissive of cheating.
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Same-sex couples approach the age-old issues of changing their last names and deciding what to call their partners.
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Twelve topics that the Dean of the National Cathedral encourages engaged couples to discuss
Liza Mundy and Hanna Rosin discuss insights from decades of social science research.
