150,000 gay couples report being married

[WillParkinson]

Source: The Associated Press

150,000 gay couples report being married
By The Associated Press
09.21.2009 4:32pm EDT

(Washington) Nearly 150,000 same-sex couples reported being in marriage relationships last year, many more than the number of actual weddings and civil unions, according to the first U.S. census figures released on same-sex marriages.

About 27 percent of the estimated 564,743 total gay couples in the United States said they were in a relationship akin to “husband” and “wife,” according to the Census Bureau tally provided to The Associated Press. That’s compared with 91 percent of the 61.3 million total opposite-sex couples who reported being married.

A consultant to the Census Bureau estimated there were roughly 100,000 official same-sex weddings, civil unions and domestic partnerships in 2008.

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In April of 2010 Paul and I will be among them!

[jesus_of_suburbia]

1. "In April of 2010 Paul and I will be among them!" --- Congratulations!

The times are changing... the young are much less homophobic, racist, sexist, etc.. than their parents.

[Louisiana1976]

2. Congrats!

[No Elephants]

3. Well, that explains why divorce rates in Massachusetts went down since the

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts recognized same gender marriage.

Much happiness and many blessing to you and Paul.