Okay, that's clear.

I actually don't know what the local laws are regarding same-sex marriage. But I can give the flavor of what it's like around here.

My town is an interesting contrast. In some respects, it's very bible-belt and redneck. Quite the hick town. Very much a "main st USA" kind of a place. Plenty of homophobia, plenty of redneck attitudes. But at the same time, there's a bohemian/hippie side to it. There's kind of a bohemian "cluster" you might say, in the town where I work. In that area, same-sex relationships are quite common and well known, and considered rather normal.