No comments? Shocker. This suggests that agy marriage is not worth saving. Where are all the staunch defenders of eternal love (until you get tired of the other person).

Straight people can get divorced too; it's true.

Still, straight people who fail to live up to what mariiage is supposed to be, fail to live up to what marriage is supposed to be.

I believe gay people want to redefine marriage in order to gain societal acceptance and in so doing seek to redefine the ideals of marriage because gay relationships (more often than not) tend to burn out, and it's not like a 50% thing, it's like a 99% thing.

Marie,

To be honest, I don't quite understand which side of the issue you fall on, based on your comment. I do, however, take exception to your unsupported "statistic" of 99% failure, for several reasons.

First, the linked article itself states that of the 8,000 gay unions in MA, only "a handful" have since dissolved (Elsewhere, I read that it was something like 6%.).

Second, even if the failure rate for gay relationships were 99%, bear in mind that "relationships" in the gay context is not limited, exclusively, to formalized unions. Most straights also have several unsuccessful relationships before marrying (and in between marriages, I might add). Does that entitle me to similarly adjust straight relationship failure rates up?

Finally, just because you don't "see" many successful gay unions doesn't mean they don't exist. Long-term gay couples, like married straight couples, keep to themselves much more than single folks (of any stripe) do. Or do you expect gay couples to present themselves to you so that they might be tallied and approved?

I live in Julie and Hillary's neighborhood here in Boston and today's Boston Globe carried a front-page story today with a very unfortunate and, I think, misleading headline. It reads: "After 2 Years, Same-Sex Marriage Icons Split Up." To someone reading the headline and knowing nothing else about this couple, one would think that they got married on a whim to support the legalization of same-sex marriage and quickly divorced when 'their work was done'. It is only when you read the story until it jumps inside the paper that you discover that the couple had been together 17 years before their wedding. I think this headline casts the story in a highly inaccurate light. I immediately called the ombudsman at the paper to complain.

Thank you, Rhea, for at least showing a sense of obligation to call out poor journalism on such grotesque sensationalism of a very unfortunate end to a long relationship. Knowing very well that the headline was misleading and irresponsible, shame on you Michael Levenson! And shame on your editor. Who knows, perhaps that was just complete stupidity, but I doubt it. Kudos to you, Rhea.

Dear People:
Marriage is may things including divorce. My partner and I have been together for 22 years. When, if ever, we call it quits we want the law to help and support a fair resolution. When asked about gay marriage I always answered "Yes, I want to marry so I can divorce". Think about it. That is true equality. Mauricio Laffitte AC/Jose A. Cortes MD -NYC.