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Children of gay couples more likely to be poor-study
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October 26, 2011, Wednesday
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CHILDREN growing up in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender families in the United States are more likely to live in poverty and may be denied legal ties to one of their parents, a report released yesterday showed.
A lack of federal recognition of same-sex marriages means such families face higher tax burdens and unequal access to health insurance and government safety net programs, said the report entitled "All Children Matter: How Legal and Social Inequalities Hurt LGBT Families."
The report, by groups advocating for gay rights including Movement Advancement Project, Family Equality Council and Center for American Progress, was released online.
"The reality is if you look at today's modern families, they come in all shapes and sizes," said Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of Family Equality Council. "The laws and policies we have in place haven't kept pace with that changing reality."
An estimated 2 million children are being raised in such households, the report said. They live in 96 percent of US counties in racially and ethnically diverse families, it said.
Their children are as happy, healthy and well-adjusted as their peers raised by heterosexual parents, it said. But such families are more likely to live in poverty than married heterosexual households.
A lack of federal recognition of same-sex marriages means such families face higher tax burdens and unequal access to health insurance and government safety net programs, said the report entitled "All Children Matter: How Legal and Social Inequalities Hurt LGBT Families."
The report, by groups advocating for gay rights including Movement Advancement Project, Family Equality Council and Center for American Progress, was released online.
"The reality is if you look at today's modern families, they come in all shapes and sizes," said Jennifer Chrisler, executive director of Family Equality Council. "The laws and policies we have in place haven't kept pace with that changing reality."
An estimated 2 million children are being raised in such households, the report said. They live in 96 percent of US counties in racially and ethnically diverse families, it said.
Their children are as happy, healthy and well-adjusted as their peers raised by heterosexual parents, it said. But such families are more likely to live in poverty than married heterosexual households.
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