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In this May 17, 2005, file photo, Julie, front left, and Hillary Goodridge pose with other gay couples and supporters as they celebrate their first wedding anniversary in Boston. The couple, who led the legal fight for Massachusetts to become the first state to legalize same-sex marriages, filed for divorce Thursday. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File) Question: Does this divorce undermine the efforts of same-sex marriage advocates? Or serve as a reality check that marriage — straight or gay — faces stiff challenges today?
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scootermom on February 03 at 2:06 p.m.
Marriage is challenging under the best circumstances. I don’t think this undermines same sex marriage, it just goes to show that gay marriages are like straight marriages. Some make it, some don’t.
Transplanted_Texan on February 03 at 5:02 p.m.
How could it possibly undermine said advocates? Heterosexual marriages don’t have a 100% success rate; why should homosexual marriages be any different?