It’s been ten years since same-sex marriage was legalized in the U.S., and though the Trump Administration may try to stop it, the love is only spreading. A new study reveals that LGBTQ+ couples want to get married more than ever before.
Data from the Pew Research Center indicates that LGBTQ+ people under the age of 50 are more likely to want to get married in the future compared to projections from over a decade ago prior to same-sex marriage being legalized via the Obergefell v. Hodes Supreme Court decision.
Pew Research Center published their findings recently and they revealed that 59% of LGBTQ+ U.S. adults under 50 say they want to get married, a figure which has more than doubled since 2013 when just 28% of LGBTQ+ adults answered the same survey question.
Despite the desire for nuptials, LGBTQ+ adults are less likely to want kids than their non-LGBTQ+ counterparts, around 33% of queer adults surveyed wanted families while straight cis adults answered yes at 47%.
For those who have been divorced, widowed ,or separated and are under 50 years old, LGBTQ+ respondents were more likely than non-LGBTQ+ respondents to say they wanted to get married again someday.
PinkNews reports earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court was asked to consider overturning Obergefell v. Hodges. The challenging case is being brought forth by Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples on religious grounds.
Davis is suing for emotional damages and attorney fees and is also claiming the extension of marriage rights to same-sex couples under the 14th Amendment’s due process protections is “egregiously wrong,” according to ABC.
