Gay Divorces: What leads to same-sex break-ups after legal recognition?
”A lot of people wanted to make a statement, and others got married for no other reason other than suddenly they could…. It’s very easy to get caught up in the moment, in an exciting historical time, and this newfound freedom and opportunity of the revolutionary moment often overrides the personal issues that marriage usually involves…. It’s like someone who gets anxiety about where they sit in a theatre. Put them in an aisle seat, where they know they can get out at any time, and they never get nauseated. But put them in the middle of the row and they start to tremble and sweat. Suddenly they get married and they think, ‘Oh my God, I’m stuck.”’
Jo Ann Citron, a divorce lawyer in Massachusetts, remarking on the reasons why some same-sex couples are failing to stay together. Other experts offer opinons about gay divorces rates including lack of family support, inability to define roles. One Canadian 10-year-long lesbian relationship is used as an example of how things can go wrong quickly — they broke up after just 5 days of legal marriage. (TheGlobeAndMail.com)
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