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2004年5月17日,美国马萨诸塞州最高法院将同性婚姻合法化。从那以后,同性婚姻的境况如何?据马萨诸塞州的最新资料统计,到2008年9月,该州有1.22万对同性婚姻——其中64%是女同性恋者,同期的结婚总数为17.03万对。这一结果导致了一些实质性的变化——同性婚姻业务变得十分兴盛,甚至通过天主教慈善机构领养儿童的业务也忙碌起来——某些案例以前几乎是无法想象的。
On May 17, 2004, the Supreme Court of Massachusetts in the United States legalized same-sex marriage. Since then, the situation of same-sex marriage how? According to the latest Massachusetts statistics, as of September 2008, the state has 12,200 same-sex marriage - of which 64% are lesbians, the same period a total of 170,300 marriages . This result led to some substantive changes - the business of same-sex marriage has thrived and the business of adopting children even through Catholic charities has been busy - and some cases were almost unthinkable before.