ASSIGNMENT+5+LGBT+&+Q+Families

Part 1: Please go to the following link.
 * Assignment 5:**

[|New York Times article on Gay Marriage by State]

Read the article and also click on the multimedia map showing the percentage of people who support gay marriage.

Answer the following questions in your blog:

1) According to the article, what percent of Americans support gay marriage in 2010 and why is this news?

2) Click on the link to Proposition 8 in the NY Times article. What is Proposition 8? Also, briefly describe the history of Prop 8 over the past few years.

3) Go to this website: [|Defense of Marriage Act Amendment] According to the this amendment, what is the definition of marriage in the U.S.?

4) Okay, next go to the website from National Public Radio. Go to this link [|NPR state by state map of gay marriage]

You can click on a state to see their stand on gay marriage, adoption of Defense of Marriage Act etc. Choose two states with different color/background and compare their positions on gay marriage. Please don't all choose NJ and NY!

5) And last listen to the following two links on the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York state.

[|Gay weddings and NYC wedding industry]

[|Predicting the percent of gay marriages]

How is the legalization of same-sex marriage in NY expected to influence the wedding industry. List two of the expected changes reported in the story.

According to UCLA demographer, Gary Gates, how do the marriage rates of straight couples differ from the marriage rate of same-sex couples?

Who is more likely to marry, gay men or lesbians?

Why are some same-sex couples NOT marrying?