METRO AREAS WITH HIGHEST PERCENTAGES OF SAME-SEX COUPLES RAISING CHILDREN ARE IN STATES WITH CONSTITUTIONAL BANS ON MARRIAGE

Salt Lake City, Memphis and San Antonio among top 5 metro areas over 1 million.

 The metro areas with the highest percentages of same-sex couples raising children are in states that have a constitutional ban on marriage, according to a new infographic created by the Williams Institute.

"Research consistently shows that same-sex couples raise children all across the country," said Williams Institute public policy research fellow, Angeliki Kastanis. "This analysis underscores the fact that recognition of LGBT families is a consequential policy question in every state."

Mississippi has the highest percentage of same-sex couples raising children at 26 percent.

http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/research/census-lgbt-demographics-studies/infographic-msas-may-2013/



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