It's been long known that marriage makes for healthier individuals, overall. Life expectancy is higher among married couples than singles, etc. Whether it's a matter of general happiness, or having someone else to care for you, or whatever, it's a pretty clear effect.
So it's not at all surprising that the same would pertain to gays who marry. Which adds a whole new humanitarian wrinkle to the question of marriage equality. Is it morally defensible to deny gays the same demonstrable health benefits that marriage provides to straight couples? #ddtb
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Gay marriage 'improves health'
Legalising same-sex marriage may create a healthier environment for gay men, say US researchers.
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You and I know that it is not, but we aren’t counting gays as 3/5 of a human, either.
@Marina – I think you overestimate how human some folks think they are. Sadly.
Now that I’ve read the article:
Now how can that be?
@Marina – Unfortunately, the underlying study does not seem to be online. It may have been a matter of the records that were reviewed having some disproportion in its populations..