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Earlier
this week, The Washington Post reported that after two
years of legalized homosexual "marriage" in
the Netherlands, public perceptions of a difference between
heterosexual and homosexual couples have almost vanished.
Activists in Amsterdam claim that homosexual couples are
"just like any other married couple" and that
"the only thing that makes their marriage unusual"
is that they are both the same sex. They point to acceptance
by relatives, neighbors and even "conservative"
politicians as evidence of the similarities between heterosexual
and same-sex "marriage."
However,
this claim stands in stark contrast to a Dutch study that
was released earlier this year in the scientific journal
AIDS. The study found that the average "steady homosexual
male partnership" lasts only 1.5 years. Those reporting
"steady" relationships also reported an average
of 8 "casual" sex partners each year. Clearly,
this is not the same as a heterosexual marriage. Buried
at the very end of the article was the admission that
"many gay men and lesbians consider marriage to be
a vestige
of the past" and that such a view is "common
among heterosexuals in Europe
as well." The complacency of many Dutch citizens
about same-sex civil "marriage" should serve
as a wake-up call. It demonstrates that far from strengthening
the institution, this radical movement is really about
de-constructing marriage and effectively abolishing it.
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© 2003 Family Research Council
Original article: http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WU03I18
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