Marriage is the legal union of two people who love each other. They may be a same sex couple or an opposite sex couple. While opposite sex couples had a right to get married and divorce since the beginning, same sex couples could not legally marry or divorce in...
Same-Sex Partners
Same-sex marriages in America complete a decade
For a long time same-sex partners in Minnesota and the rest of the country have been fighting the battle to legalize their unions. A number of states, including Minnesota, have eventually legalized the unions between same-sex partners. However, there are still some...
Same-sex marriages gaining popularity in Minnesota
It is often said that some matches are made in heaven, but in truth, not all marriages are heavenly. Nearly half of all legal unions end in divorce, some citing irreconcilable differences that arise out of various circumstances. Same-sex marriages, made legal in...
Minnesota professor says gay marriage upholds sound values
With the debate about gay marriages and same-sex relationships still raging across the U.S., Minnesota continues to be a place that appears to have progressed beyond many other states in its perception and acceptance of such marriages. From the discussions of family...
Minnesota same-sex couples facing tax crunch like all others
Minnesota has been one of the American states to have given due legal recognition to gay and lesbian marriages. The traditional notion of heterosexual couples being the only married couples is no longer the only possibility envisaged in the family law prevailing in...
Minnesota responds eagerly to lifting ban against gay marriages
While marriage is perceived as a time-honored commitment to a relationship, not all forms of the relationships between couples have managed to obtain such acceptance. As time has passed, however, different forms of marriage, such as that between a same-sex couple, and...
Minnesota man who championed gay marriage has turn at altar
For the past few decades, same-sex couples here in Minnesota have felt like second-class citizens because they did not have the right to marry. But finally, on May 14, 2013, Governor Mark Dayton signed the bill that would allow same-sex marriage and change the lives...