Arranged marriages not forced

It's hard enough for same-sex couples to marry in the United States, but divorce is a headache as well, and one that supporters of gay marriage hope the US Supreme Court can resolve. "Divorce is the new frontier for gay couples," said Susan Sommer of Lambda Legal, a legal advice service for homosexuals. "They had to fight to be together, and they have to fight to get a divorce."

Couples who meet online and get married are slightly less likely to divorce than couples who first meet face-to-face, new research finds.

Campaigners have criticised the Indian government after ministers cleared a new tougher anti-rape bill to curb widespread sexual violence against women - but failed to make marital rape a criminal offence.

Divorce law is biased against men. Imagine if marriage vows honestly reflected this one sided-contract.I agree that, my wife may divorce me, without giving a reason, and I will be forced to give up half my property *AND* pay alimony and child support.I agree that, if my wife chooses to be unfaithful and divorces me, I still have to give her half my property and pay alimony, even if I respected my part of the contract.

Across B.C. on Monday morning, thousands of “roommates with benefits” and shacked-up lovers will awake to find that, according to the provincial government, they were now basically married. Under the province’s Family Law Act, which comes into force on March 18, breakups between any couple that has shared the same roof for more than two years — or has had a child together — will now carry many of the trappings of divorce, including a 50/50 division of assets and debts.

Ohio Republican Senator Rob Portman rocked his party on Friday with his announcement that he has changed his mind about same-sex marriage, a startling reversal that Portman said was sparked by the revelation that his own son is gay.