Saipan sees 170-pct. increase in same-sex marriages
The Saipan Mayor’s Office issued so far a total of 88 marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2017.
Based on data acquired from the mayor’s office, a total of 63 marriage licenses were issued to female couples and a total of 25 marriage licenses were issued to male couples from January to November 2017. That is a more than 170-percent increase from just 30 marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples in 2016.
Not only was there an increase in the number of marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples, but there were also a variety in the couples who were wed in the CNMI.
So how many were local residents and how many were tourists,and of which nationalities,. these statistic mean nothing without any breakdown