Soccer Mom: Unplugged

Despite the intense push by homosexuals to legalize same-sex "marriage," a recent study shows that very few have made that commitment in the four countries and one American state where it is legal.

A new study by the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, headed by Maggie Gallagher, shows that the percentage of homosexuals opting for "marriage" is small.

In the Netherlands where gay "marriage" was legalized in 2001, between 2.6 percent and 6.3 percent of homosexuals have been "married."  In Belgium, where it was legalized in June 2003, the estimate of same-sex "marriages" is between 1.9 and 4.7 percent.  The study estimates that in Massachusetts (legal since May 2004) between 5.9 and 16.7 percent of homosexuals have been "married."  In British Columbia, Canada, the estimate is between 2.8 and 14.3 percent. 

The figures vary because it is not known precisely how many homosexuals live in each location, but is based on a generous estimate of 5% of the population being homosexual.  If the homosexual population is larger, then the percentage of those who have "married" is even smaller.

"Trend data is extremely limited, but the available data suggest that the number of gay marriages tends to decrease after an initial burst (reflecting pent up demand)," the IMAPP study says. "Whether same-sex marriage will emerge as common or normative among gays and lesbians, or fade as time and novelty passes, cannot yet be determined."

What is clear is that legalizing same-sex "marriage" drastically changes societal norms, undoing the definition of marriage-which has already become fragile in our society where one in three children are born out of wedlock--and altering school curriculums to indoctrinate children into the homosexual lifestyle. Thus, it appears that legalizing same-sex "marriage" is a benefit to few and a detriment to many.