Saturday, July 12, 2008

US Census Bureau won't count same-sex marriages

by Mike Swift
Mercury News

Tens of thousands of same-sex couples are expected to marry legally in California by 2010.

The U.S. Census Bureau, reacting to the federal Defense of Marriage Act and other mandates, plans to edit the 2010 census responses of same-sex couples who marry legally in California, Massachusetts or any other state. They will be reported as "unmarried partners," rather than married spouses, in census tabulations - a policy that will likely draw the ire of gay rights groups.

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