Radio Netherlands is always coming up with interesting stories on LGBT issues – I recommend them. Here they trace what happened after 10 years of full gay marriage for the Dutch.
It’s turn out that the Dutch aren’t that keen on gay marriage. That is, they support it in principle but they don’t tie the knot very often. While 80% of heterosexual couples are married, only 20% of gay couples are.
Divorce rates are roughly the same.
I don’t fully trust these figures. They suggest just 15,000 marriages have been created, meaning there are only 60-80,000 gay couples in a highly liberal country of 16 million. That clearly can’t be right. But to the extent that the 20% figure is wrong, the real figure can only be lower.
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Hi Ryan,
If possible, could you please post a link/article on the survey Graham Perrett is running for the Moreton electorate in Brisbane. We need as many more responses in favour of same sex marriage as possible for his survey according to statistics in today’s paper.
His link is
http://www.grahamperrettmp.com/same-sex
if you can share it
Thank you so much,
Shirleene