The U.S. has not seen any negative effects on marriage, divorce or living arrangements among all couples since Massachusetts issued the first state-sanctioned, same-sex marriage licenses 20 years ago, a new analysis says.

The analysis found that after states legalized marriage for same-sex couples, marriage numbers jumped in those states at rates greater than what could be accounted for by the new marriages of same-sex couples alone.

Researchers found no consistent evidence of an increase in divorce as a consequence of legalizing marriage for same-sex couples.

The analysis suggests that issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples had, if anything, led to a small positive impact on marriage attitudes among high school seniors.

  • AmidFuror
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    11219 days ago

    But there have been more hurricanes per season, and we’re getting hotter summers and colder winters. If that’s not the gays, what is it? Greenhouse gases?

    • @Diplomjodler3
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      1719 days ago

      Definitely all the hot, steamy gay sex “conservatives” never never ever fantasize about.

    • @errer
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      1719 days ago

      And the frogs are WAY gayer in Massachusetts now, why is no one talking about it?!

    • Zier
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      1419 days ago

      Yes the gays control the weather. And until Taco Tuesday becomes a Federal Holiday, the hurricanes WILL continue!!

      • @[email protected]
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        819 days ago

        Taco Tuesday: not just the weekly romantic night for lesbians anymore!

        I support any legislation that supports lesbians and/or tacos. All REAL patriots do!

        • @mojofrododojo
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          218 days ago

          The honorable @tenchiken is recognized for House Bill, “AMERICA DEMOCRACY AND TACO DAY”, which will enshrine Taco Tuesday and Election Day as a combined federal holiday to encourage universal participation in democracy by voting, carnitas, guacamole and salsa.

          this shit would pass with a landslide

    • @TubularTittyFrog
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      619 days ago

      all the hot air coming out of everyone’s mouth over this and every other social wedge issue

    • @numberfour002
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      519 days ago

      But there have been more hurricanes per season, and we’re getting hotter summers and colder winters.

      There have also been recessions and pandemics. I only bring them up because they’re specifically mentioned in the Gay Agenda, article 69, section 666, paragraph 13.

      • @mojofrododojo
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        218 days ago

        I keep telling people they need to learn the true threat about the gay agenda, it’s rule 34. Don’t search about it unless you’re a true conservative.

  • @[email protected]
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    3119 days ago

    Cool. Unfortunately, facts and studies typically have little effect on the kind of people who oppose gay marriage.

  • beefbot
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    2219 days ago

    Except on my relatives’ blood pressure, hey-yo!

  • Billiam
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    1319 days ago

    But what about all the gay people now have mothers-in-law, which they didn’t have before?

  • @TubularTittyFrog
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    1119 days ago

    what are the possible negative affects of gay marriage? the premise makes no sense.

    like it was goign to up the divorce rate or something? is that ‘bad’?

    • @mojofrododojo
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      518 days ago

      I remember when it was THE issue that re-elected bush - every single church-going person I knew came out with rafts of talking point bullshit how it would ‘cheapen’ hetero-marriage, how children seeing married gays would confuse them and mess them up, how there would be rafts of fake marriages for immigration and other specious reasons.

      They had a ton of bullshit, none of it plausible.

      Bush won in a landslide. :|

  • @xc2215x
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    819 days ago

    Awesome to see for gay marriage.

  • @Rapidcreek
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    -319 days ago

    Good. So now compare success of same sex marriage and non same sex marriage.