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Gays, Like Everyone, Find Marriage a Mixed Blessing

Posted Jun 15, 08 6:50 AM CDT in US,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – It’s been four years since Massachusetts legalized gay marriage, and there are winners, losers—and everything in between, the New York Times reports. In what one gay married man calls “a mixed bag,” it appears that gays are more likely to rush into marriage, more likely to marry older, and more likely to sign pre-nuptial agreements. Pay attention, California.

Gay marriage in Massachusetts is also bringing new pressures to the single scene. “I know he cares about me,” said one anxious, ring-hungry man. “I just think he doesn’t want to." And while some proclaim they don’t need a “paper for any type of validation,” one married gay called “uncle” for the first time found it brought a "tear to my eye.”

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A lesbian couple fill out paperwork as they apply for an appointment for a marriage license at the county clerks office at City Hall in San Francisco.   (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)
LGBT supporters take to the streets with bubbly to celebrate California's Supreme Court ruling that overturned the ban on gay marriages in the state.   (AP Photo)
A gay couple talk with a photographer at a special wedding pavilion at the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Buisness Expo in San Francisco.   (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
A distributor makes wedding-cake figures that can be customized to come in bride-bride and groom-groom pairs.   (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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