New Census Information

There is some new census information that will be available after the census of this year. You can read the article here. For the first time, gay couples will have the right to be counted as married in the census.

In his post, Mr. Charles Kuffner states "The data is what it is, and the Census Bureau shouldn't be in the business of telling people they really aren't what they say they are." I have to agree with this myself. The census should be about gathering data and nothing else.

The spots for this information will be available on all states census questionnaire, even though 45 of the states don't recognize same sex couples as married. It will be up to the individual person to put whether they are married, life partners, or some other living arrangement on the census.

Gabriel Sanchez, director of the Dallas Regional Census Center, states it will "shine a light" into the LGBT communities. He also states that "we don't ask about sexual orientation, but what we have done is we will record and will publish that people are same-sex married."

We should all realize that gay and lesbian couples are a lot more prominent than we think, and that information should be taken into account. I believe this is a step in the right direction on getting some rights for these people. There are a lot of people out there that want equal rights for some people as long as it fits in their bubble of what they think is right and not anything else. Maybe this is a positive step to help bring some awareness and rights to this group of society.