The states with the lowest percentage of opposite-sex unmarried partners were Utah at 4 percent and Alabama at 5.

A fourth issue is that open marriage is usually defined in terms of legally married, opposite-sex partners.

There is no indication here that any of the plaintiffs, having been denied these benefits, will now seek opposite-sex partners with an intention of marrying them.

Sodomy between opposite-sex partners, however, is not a crime in Texas.

One of they key qualifications for exaltation is being united in a celestial marriage to an opposite-sex partner.

The census survey estimated that 5.2 million couples, a little more than 5 percent of households, were unmarried opposite-sex partners.

But, California will only recognize these unions if at least one of the opposite-sex partners is 62 years of age or older.