Same-sex couples in Ohio increasing, parenting, study says

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http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/01/samesex_couples_in_ohio_increa.html

Posted by Patrick O'Donnell January 22, 2008 22:24PM
Categories: Breaking News

Same-sex couples are raising nearly 12,000 children across Ohio and more than 2 percent of the state's adopted children, researchers at the UCLA law school reported Tuesday.

And the number of same-sex couples in the state is growing, the study found, jumping from just under 19,000 in 2000 to nearly 30,700 by 2005.

The Census Snapshot of Ohio compiled by the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, adds limited commentary to data distilled from the 2000 Census and more recent census updates. Researcher Adam Romero said he hopes the data will better inform debate about related legislation in Ohio.

But Romero and the report stress a regular message of the gay community that same-sex couples are mostly similar to married ones, aside from their sexual orientation...