Marriage: We Don't

More than 1,400 same-sex marriages have taken place in the UK in the three months since they were made legal, official figures have revealed.

The statistics are the first measure of the popularity of David Cameron's legal changes that were passed in 2013 despite opposition by some prominent Conservative MPs.

There was a rush of couples tying the knot after the law came into force at midnight on 29 March. Over the next two days there were 95 same-sex weddings, with 351 in April, 465 in May and 498 in June, according to figures from the Office of National Statistics...

The number of women marrying outnumbered men, with 796 female couples compared with 613 male couples. The average age of women marrying was 37, more than a year younger than that of men...

The Guardian.

As these figures are for the first period ever that same-sex couples could get married, it's safe to assume this will probably represent a splurge and the figures will settle down to something significantly lower.

But the latest ONS statistics on straight marriage show there are about 65,000 each quarter - that's almost 50 times higher.

Which could mean there aren't actually that many gay people [see Fagburn passim].

Or that we're just not that interested in getting married.

Or maybe it's a bit of both?

WHO CAN BILLY WELL SAY!!???

PS Fagburn will be setting up a crowdfunding thingy for his own gaywedding shortly. In the meantime feel free to send me money via PayPal. x

Update: Spookily enough, the Susan Calman Is Convicted episode 'Equal marriage' was repeated today. Please listen, it's fucking hilarious.