Marriage Equality: Interesting Datapoints

This really surprised me (0.00 / 0)

If you had asked me where the highest growth in same sex couples from 2000-2005 was, I might have guessed Vermont or California -- states that had made it easier for those couples in that timeframe.

If you had asked me where the greatest percentage of gays is, I would have been clueless.

This also presumably means we have the highest percentage of voters who know someone, or are related to someone, who is gay.

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by: elwood @ Thu Jan 11, 2007 at 20:46:16 PM CST

when you think about it (0.00 / 0)

the fact that VT isn't, should tell us something about the success of civil union. Instead of being a stepping stone to marriage equality, it's a dead end.

NH Kucinich Campaign

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by: susanb @ Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 16:46:39 PM CST

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Possibly. (0.00 / 0)

It appears that neither Vermont nor Massachusetts had a big influx of gay people to take advantage of their laws.

You could argue that Vermont had longer to show an influx, but you could argue that Massachusetts has a broader range of job opportunities.

But if you go down that path, you have to deal with New Hampshire -- outlawing both civil unions and full marriage equality -- outpacing both.

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by: elwood @ Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 17:20:29 PM CST

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maybe we should let the DNC (4.00 / 4)

know that we have the highest sexual diversity in the country.
Maybe that will make them happy.

"But, in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope." Si se puede. Yes we can.  

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by: Paul Twomey @ Thu Jan 11, 2007 at 21:21:07 PM CST

It does offer Republicans a new excuse (4.00 / 1)

for losing the primary, doesn't it? "That right, John McCain got more votes than me in New Hampshire. (I think that's because he appeals [whisper whisper] )"

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by: elwood @ Thu Jan 11, 2007 at 21:24:40 PM CST

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Concord Monitor (4.00 / 1)

It appears that the Concord Monitor is reading Blue Hampshire.  They link to this story from their blog.

Congrats, Elwood!

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by: Nicholas Gunn @ Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 13:09:53 PM CST

Nice. n/t (0.00 / 0)

birch, finch, beech

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by: Dean Barker @ Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 17:32:20 PM CST

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Their blog also reports (0.00 / 0)

that there will be a candidates' debate in NH now, ahead of South Carolina.

linky.

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by: elwood @ Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 18:03:07 PM CST

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It also surprised me (0.00 / 0)

that in Richard Florida's book "Who's Your City", he named Manchester as one of the best cities for gays and lesbians. John Sununu can paint liberals, who tend to be gay-friendly, as a San Francisco crowd, but I think things like this, happily, affirm that this is just who we are as a state, one that is accepting, tolerant and welcoming. Let's show all those national reporters that we are not now, and never really have been the conservative state we are portrayed as still, and pass HB436.

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by: FrankLloydMike @ Fri Apr 10, 2009 at 07:15:13 AM CDT