I think a lot of these problems are merely there because the whole gay marriage thing hasn't been fully accepted, If all divorces were dealt with as simply two people (regardless of gender) then the whole system would be a lot lot fairer.
Well. . .sort of. . .I don't think it's about acceptance (unless we're using that interchangably with legal). I think it's more about the legal system not having precedent and not knowing what to do with the new situations that arise from possible combinations.
I am wondering if all 50 states legalize same sex marriage, will then the IRS recognize same sex couples as married? I was a little surprised to see that if you got married in a state where same sex marriages are legal that you're not considered 'legally married' by the federal government. I thought that was one of the arguments FOR same sex marriage. (same exemptions and tax breaks as married people).
Sorry I didn't word my first post well. English never was my strongest subject
America just works so so much differently to the UK. We have one set of laws for the whole country for a start. Financially it makes no difference to us if we get married or not. Tax credits are paid too couples as couples whether they are married or not or whether they are the same gender or not. In Britian you are treated as an individual not a gender. Courts do not automatically favour the mother here anymore. In fact parents are now refered to as the resident parent and the non resident parent. Parental control is automatically given to the father. The term custody is no longer even used in courts here.
Where there's same sex marriage, there'll be same sex divorce
now your first post makes so much more sense. 
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