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Fun with Numbers – Marriage Equity


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The Iowa Department of Public Health, the keeper of our state’s vital statistics, has a new report  on marriage licenses issued between April and the end of December 2009. That includes same-sex marriages made legal by an April 3 Iowa Supreme Court ruling.

The report is below for your perusal.

A few highlights:

1,783 — Number of same-gender licenses issued by Iowa counties

17,600 — Total marriage licenses issued.

901 — License issue where no gender was specified.

14,916 — Opposite-gender licenses issued.

1,138 — Female-female licences.

645 — Male-male licenses.

410 — Same-gender licenses issued in Polk County, the state’s highest total.

208 — Same-gender licenses issued in both Johnson and Scott counties.

94 — Same-gender licenses issued in Linn County

82 — The number of counties where no same-gender licenses were issued.

So, at a minimum, 3,500+ people, and maybe more among the “no-gender given” group, benefited from the court’s ruling and joined the ranks of we married folk. As a point of comparison, Sioux Center has 6,327 people. But in a stunning development, there were no gay marriages in Sioux County.

Not sure how the culture warriors will spin these significant but modest numbers to fit their doomsday scenarios. But I bet they’ll try.

Data Report Registrar Marriages by County4 2009 Thru12 2009

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Fun with Numbers – Marriage Equity
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