In Corinth, the town clerk has refused to give couples the civil-union licence application form to fill in.

ECONOMIST: Homosexual unions

Badgett, director of the Center for Public Policy and Administration at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Williams Institute scholar Jody L. Herman reported that for 11 states that have some form of legal partnership for same-sex couples, and for which they were able to collect data, on average just over 1% of the couples split each year.

WSJ: Gay Divorce Rate Proves Hard to Measure

It may have been partly the romantic feeling of haven, partly gratitude at having the old Beaujolais back in form, but that night there seemed to be an unusual number of couples leaning across their tables to kiss.

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