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Thu Sep 17, 2020, 05:42 PM Sep 2020

Gay marriages rise 5 years after Supreme Court ruling

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Five years after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages around the U.S., more than a half million households are made up of married same-sex couples, according to figures the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday.

Since 2014, the year before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same sex marriages, the number of married same-sex households has increased by almost 70%, rising to 568,110 couples in 2019, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

Of the 980,000 same-sex couple households reported in 2019, 58% were married couples and 42% were unmarried partners, the survey showed. There were slightly more female couple households than male couple households.

“Opponents of marriage equality frequently argued that same-sex couples really weren’t all that interested in marriage. But the large increase in marriages among same-sex couples since marriage equality became legal nationwide offers evidence of the clear desire for marriage among same-sex couples,” said Gary Gates, a demographer specializing in LGBT issues.

https://apnews.com/587455c1d71f6363b2d272253f916b88

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Gay marriages rise 5 years after Supreme Court ruling (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Sep 2020 OP
:) AllaN01Bear Sep 2020 #1
Now that people in general (including gays) are getting used to the idea ... tgenerico Sep 2020 #2
 

tgenerico

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2. Now that people in general (including gays) are getting used to the idea ...
Mon Sep 21, 2020, 11:35 AM
Sep 2020

... it will rise to some "natural" level.

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