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Same-sex Unions

Noah talks with Pepper Schwartz, a sociology professor at the University of Washington. She was a lead witness for the plaintiffs in the same-sex marriage discrimination suit in Hawaii that was decided yesterday. They talk about the demographics of same-sex unions, and she tells stories about the motivations for marriage, impediments to marriage, and rituals being used in same-sex marriage ceremonies.

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