Kansas: UCLA Williams Institute study used to promote H-Agenda demands
Andrew Wiebe reports on the University Daily Kansas (2.11.2008):
. . . A study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law released in January shows same-sex couples in Kansas increased by almost 68 percent − 3,973 to 6,663 − from 2000 to 2005. Researchers used statistics collected in the U.S. Census to show the distribution of same-sex couples throughout the state as well as the difference in income between themselves and their traditional counterparts . . .
“Ultimately, what I think this shows is that people in same-sex couples, and gay and lesbian people more generally, could stand to benefit from protections from employment discriminations or some type of relationship recognition,” [Adam Romero, public policy fellow at the institute] said . . .