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The thing about gay marriage is the difference between approving of it and actually doing it.

We were early adopters of all the California gay marriage initiatives and even moved to a place where the percentage of gay marriage is very high.

Up to now there has been no data to support this contention but now there is. Or at least a good stab at the matter through the filing of joint tax returns.

The Most Detailed Map of Gay Marriage in America

That dark orange splotch at the bottom of California is our area of the State. Palm Springs and surrounds. See the chart below the map at the link.

As a percentage we top all but the largest urban enclaves of gay men and women.

We are not running for first prize in this. But we can be proud that we put our actions where are beliefs are.

One of the abiding disappointments of the gay marriage movement is that more couples did not take steps to get married at the time. But that is changing. The momentum is there now and we can expect a lot more matrimony between gay couples.

There was a lot of argument about whether gay marriage was "needed". After all, gay men coupled and stayed with each other for many years.

Many families had its "uncles" who lived with "a friend". Room mates. We were asked at the beginning if we were "room mates".

We have always answered that with a definite "no, we are lovers". Then "partners". Now husbands.

For those who think it doesn't matter, just try it. Or ask any gay couple how it felt to tie the knot. You will get a loud affirmative. It changed everything. In a good way. We were joined and joined society. The whole reason for marriage in the first place. Even the cave men knew it.

Labels: gay marriage, Palm Springs