couples
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Also true: Same-sex married couples and eligible divorced spouses are treated the same as opposite-sex couples by the Social Security Administration.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
For couples in same-sex marriages, there is no default expectation or tradition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Celebrations have turned the northern Nigerian city of Kano into a riot of colour and excitement over the last week as 1,500 couples married at a mass wedding.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Evan Wolfson founded and led the successful Freedom to Marry campaign for same-sex couples in the U.S., and he writes in Slate about how his experience offers lessons for saving American liberal democracy.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
The few people I knew who’d tried couples counseling and were open enough to talk about it said that it had done them some good.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
