NY Marriages Rise After Same-Sex Union Law Change
(Wall Street Journal) - Over the past six months, the New York City Clerk's Office saw a significant uptick in the number of marriage licenses it issued -- 4,042, or 14 percent, more than were handed out in the same time period in 2010.
And there appears to be an easy explanation: Almost all of them are believed to have been granted to same-sex couples.
"We're overwhelmed," according to Michael McSweeney, the city clerk. "It's been much busier for us than this time last year, but we're delighted to see the extra business because we understand the impact. We're handling it. We're thrilled."
Nearly half a year after gay marriage was legalized in New York, calculating the number of same-sex marriages in the city and state is an inexact science. While Vermont and Iowa ask license recipients to identify their genders at the time of their marriage, New York City does not.
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