Same difference
Where America's gay couples live
WHEN Adam Lambert, a gay singer, kissed a male backing dancer during a televised performance in America, many viewers complained—highlighting ongoing sensitivity over gay rights in the country. Voters in Maine recently decided to repeal a law that allows gay couples to wed—a reverse for gay-rights activists in the normally liberal north-east. In 2008 Maine had the second highest concentration of gay households, with over eight in every 1,000 households said to be headed by partners of the same sex, according to research based on census data by the Williams Institute, a gay rights think-tank at UCLA. Those states where gay marriage is legal or where same-sex partnerships are recognised have a higher proportion of same-sex couples than the national average of 4.7. The District of Columbia is home to most gay households with over 14 for every 1,000.
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