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indianacookie: "Other countries have tried the gay marriage thing and now marriages are not happening and not lasting Divorce is on the rise and marriages are on the decline."
I tried to find some statistics on Canada. With more than 20,000 same-sex marriages performed, I could come up with only a handful of divorce requests. I'm sure it will rise with time, but do you know what the divorce rate is among heterosexuals?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_...
See how nice I am? I looked it up for you. Nearly half the marriages in the US break up. You should rejoice that there are still people who are not only willing but anxious to make the plunge.
Percentage of New Marriages which End in Divorce, in Selected Countries (2002)
Sweden 54.9
Belarus 52.9
Finland 51.2
Luxembourg 47.4
Estonia 46.7
Australia 46
United States 45.8
Denmark 44.5
Belgium 44
Austria 43.4
Czech Republic 43.3
Russia 43.3
United Kingdom 42.6
Norway 40.4
Ukraine 40
Iceland 39.5
Germany 39.4
Lithuania 38.9
France 38.3
Netherlands 38.3
Hungary 37.5
Canada 37
(Source: Americans for Divorce Reform)
http://www.divorcemag.com/statistics/statsWorld...