Marriage and Couplehood dec. 2013 | Page 9

Same sex marraige seems to always hold its own in debate. Currently only 16 states in the United States of America have legalized same sex marriage, acording to the Huffington post. Due to the fact that it is only been legal in a few states for a short period of time, it is hard to get statistics on how this sort of marriage is working out.

Vermont was the first state to have legalized "gay marriage" back in 2009. Illinois was the most recent in the list of 16, legalizing gay marriage shortly after Hawaii did, in November.

This has become a hot topic in current events, specially here in Hawaii.

Crystal Kenn