Marriage – Gay, Explained http://www.gayexplained.com The basics, in plain English, with a splash of humor Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:35:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.3 A Result of Gay Marriage: Gay Men Saving their Virginity http://www.gayexplained.com/gay-marriage-virginity/ http://www.gayexplained.com/gay-marriage-virginity/#respond Mon, 13 Oct 2014 22:20:50 +0000 http://www.gayexplained.com/?p=1146 Change the rules of the game, and people’s behaviors change. Now that marriage is an option, some gay men are saving their virginity until they find the right person to marry. Whodathunkit, right?

Funny what happens when society treats everyone equally – as true freedom means freedom for all kinds of choices, even unexpected ones.

]]> http://www.gayexplained.com/gay-marriage-virginity/feed/ 0 A Gay Marriage Anthem http://www.gayexplained.com/macklemores-gay-marriage-anthem/ http://www.gayexplained.com/macklemores-gay-marriage-anthem/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2013 17:23:58 +0000 http://www.gayexplained.com/?p=1106 Macklemore and Ryan Lewis had huge hits with their songs Thrift Shop and Can’t Hold Us, and then another unexpected hit in Same Love, a song that makes the political case for gay marriage. Or as Macklemore puts it: “No freedom till we’re equal. Damn right I support it.”

More on the success of Same Love at the NY Times.

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For my theory on why Mormons, of all people, cling to the narrowest definitions of traditional marriage click here.

]]> http://www.gayexplained.com/traditional-marriage-mitt-romney/feed/ 0 Marriage Equality. It’s Time http://www.gayexplained.com/marriage-equality-time/ http://www.gayexplained.com/marriage-equality-time/#respond Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:36:14 +0000 http://www.gayexplained.com/?p=801 A marriage equality video from Australia. Just watch it. It had me tearing up.
…partly because it is beautifully done, and partly because it is so powerfully clear.

Some other beautiful ads from Argentina collected by Blabbeando, and a sweet one from Canada.

]]> http://www.gayexplained.com/marriage-equality-time/feed/ 0 Gay Marriage and Straight Divorces http://www.gayexplained.com/gay-marriage-straight-divorces/ http://www.gayexplained.com/gay-marriage-straight-divorces/#respond Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:00:09 +0000 http://www.gayexplained.com/?p=627
  • State with gay marriage the longest: Massachusetts, at 10 years.
  • State with the lowest divorce rate: Massachusetts.
  • Bonus Round: States with the highest divorce rate: The Bible Belt.

    • So much for gay marriage destroying straight marriage.

    Of course correlation is not causality, as it is education that correlates with longer marriages, while religiosity correlates with increased divorce. For a fuller discussion of why, click here.

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    (Click to embiggen)

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