Gates:
Since 1990, the Census Bureau has tracked the presence of same-sex "unmarried
partners," commonly understood to be lesbian and gay couples. From an
initial count of about 145,000 same-sex couples in 1990, the 2006 data show
that this population
has increased fivefold to nearly 780,000 couples. The number of same-sex
couples grew more than 21 times faster than the U.S.
population did…
The bellwether state might be Utah. In 2005, Salt Lake City approved
a benefits program for lesbian and gay couples. Identifying openly as
gay no longer
represents an honor code violation at Brigham Young University. And, perhaps
most striking, the state now has three openly
gay state legislators. That’s one more
than in the U.S. Congress.
(Via Florida)