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150,000 Gay Couples Say They're Married

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WASHINGTON (Sept. 22) - 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.
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2009-09-22 07:25:56

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New U.S. census figures show that nearly 150,000 homosexual couples identified themselves as married last year -- a much higher count than the official number of same-sex weddings, civil unions and domestic partnerships in 2008. The inflated number could be a signal that the drive for gay marriage shows no sign of abating.\n\n\n