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From the San Jose Mercury News:

By Mike Swift
Mercury News
Article Launched: 07/12/2008 01:30:47 AM PDT

Tens of thousands of same-sex couples are expected to marry legally in California by 2010, if a constitutional ban on gay marriage doesn’t pass at the polls in November.

But no matter what the voters decide, the official government count of the number of married same-sex couples in California is not in doubt. It will be zero.

The U.S. Census Bureau, reacting to the federal Defense of Marriage Act and other mandates, plans to edit the 2010 census responses of same-sex couples who marry legally in California, Massachusetts or any other state. They will be reported as “unmarried partners,” rather than married spouses, in census tabulations - a policy that will likely draw the ire of gay rights groups.

Full article here. Read it if the issue interests you. It’s pretty well done. There is one precious gem that you need to see whether or not you read the whole thing. It’s from the mouth of a spokesfool for ProtectMarriage.com.

“One of our campaign cornerstones will be the fact that if the initiative doesn’t pass that public schools will be forced to teach the difference between gay marriage and traditional marriage,” said Jennifer Kerns.

In my vast experience dealing with outrageous stupidity, that tops anything I’ve ever seen or heard.