The federal government and the state of Texas won’t recognize Noel Freeman’s eight-year relationship with another man as marriage, but the 2010 U.S. census will.
For the first time, the census will publish data on same-sex spouses who self-identify as married on their census forms, even though they cannot legally wed in Texas or 44 other states.
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When census forms arrive this week at the Heights home Freeman shares with Brad Pritchett, the 33-year-old administrative specialist plans to check the box for “husband” on the question that asks how he is related to Pritchett, 30.
Full story: Same-sex couples counted in census – Houston Chronicle