Divorce rate drops to its lowest in over 40 years as first gay marriage split figures emerge
from Mailonline:
There were 22 same sex divorces in 2015 in the year after gay marriage first became legal, new statistics show.
In comparison there were 101,055 divorces of opposite sex couples in 2015, a decrease of 9.1 per cent compared with 2014 and a decline of 34 per cent from a recent peak in 2003.
These are the first figures to be released relating to gay divorces as same sex marriages have only been possible in England and Wales since March 29, 2014.
The numbers disprove several critics, including Archbishop of Birmingham Bernard Longley, who warned gay marriage would undermine the Christian view of family.
More than 130 Tory MPs voted against the bill but it was passed with the support of the Lib Dems and Labour.
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