I don't remember much discussion of marriage rights for same sex couples back in 2000, do you? (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Currently well over half the nation has statutory and constitutional bans on same sex marriage and / or recognition of same sex couples. (sciencemag.org)
«Mixed» couples and their families are part of a growing number of family types such as same sex couples, step - families and single parent households. (thecoupleconnection.net)