50 US Congressional Members Say Census Should Count Gay/Lesbian Marriages

Gay Representatives Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, Barney Frank of Massachusetts and Jared Polis of Colorado along with 48 other Congressional members sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Peter Orszag asking that the 2010 Census count same-sex married couples rather than altering their status. Last year, the Bush administration, citing the Defense of Marriage Act which prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex unions, announced that lawfully married same-sex couples who marked “married” on their census forms would be changed to “unmarried partners.” But congressional members are calling on Orszag to reverse course. “We are deeply concerned about the implications of this policy for same-sex couples and for the integrity of the census as a whole and firmly believe the (Census) Bureau’s primary objective should be to collect data and report it, not collect data and alter it,” the Members said in their letter. Full Story - Click Here

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