Citations:straight marriage


 * 1999, The Columbia reader on lesbians and gay men in media, society, and politics, page 633:
 * The argument that gay marriage would subtly undermine the unique legitimacy of straight marriage is based upon a fallacy. For heterosexuals, straight marriage would remain the most significant—and only legal—social bond.
 * 2005, Jonathan Rauch, Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America, page 152:
 * You can assume that 5 percent of the population is gay, that gay-marriage rates would equal straight-marriage rates (implying not quite 3 million same-sex married couples),