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On April 1, 2001, the first legally recognized same-sex marriage in the world took place in the Netherlands. In the act of marrying, same-sex couples declare the moral and social equivalence of their relationships to cross-sex relationships. They change not only their lives but also their societies.
Relationship is the mirror in which we see ourselves as we really are.
—Jiddu Krishnamurti
The only thing that can be premised with certainty about human nature is that it changes.
—Oscar Wilde
Marriage: the legal or religious union of two people.
—Canadian Oxford Dictionary
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Chapter 10 Conclusion
Louie Crew, Reverend Kaeton and Maxine Turner, “Two Grooms,” in A Sea of Stories ed. Sonya Jones (New York: Haworth, 2000 ), 183–198.
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Vanita, R. (2005). Conclusion. In: Love’s Rite. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403981608_10
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