SINCE May 2008 just nine civil unions pledged between members of the same sex as an alternative to marriage have been terminated in the ACT.
It is a 1.1 per cent failure rate with 799 gay unions performed in the capital during the period.
In the same period there were 8711 marriages and 6965 divorces granted in the ACT.
Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Canberra Amanda Gordon said a straight comparison was not possible as the heterosexual divorce rate would include those married prior to 2008.
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