What Makes a Family? To more Americans, gays with kids count.

Dan82 · Oct 1, 2010

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/10/04/what-makes-a-family-more-americans-say-gays-count.html

The idea that gay couples who are married or have children qualify as “families” has rapidly become the majority view in the U.S., and researchers credit public discussions about gay marriage—by supporters as well as vehement opponents—for the unexpectedly fast pace of change. That’s the surprising conclusion of the Constructing the Family Surveys, which monitor Americans’ opinions about what makes a family. The surveys were launched in 2003 by researchers at Indiana University; the University of California, Irvine; the University of Utah; and the University of South Carolina. A detailed analysis of the results are included in the new book Counted Out: Same-Sex Relations and Americans’ Definitions of Family.

These results are particularly startling because of the widespread assumption that the passage of “defense of marriage” legislation in many states (and the federal Defense of Marriage Act) in recent years represented a growing backlash against gay marriage and gay families. But based on the new data, Brian Powell, a professor of sociology at Indiana University, says he has to conclude that any such backlash was short-lived. “Social change usually occurs at a glacial pace,” he says. “What we’re seeing is a very rapid shift in people’s views of who they consider to be a family.”

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peaceandlies · Oct 1, 2010

thats good. really good. maybe more people will support the repeal of prop 8 and dadt. or maybe not.

Nitro · Oct 1, 2010

Our biggest obstacle has always been visibility. As the general ignorance is shed we can go from being considered to have "lifestyles" and rather "lives".

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