{"id":18444,"date":"2017-06-26T22:28:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T22:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=18444"},"modified":"2017-06-26T22:28:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T22:28:33","slug":"congratulations-one-million-lgbt-americans-married","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2017\/06\/congratulations-one-million-lgbt-americans-married\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations: One million LGBT Americans are married"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HappyAnniversary.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18450\" \/><br \/>\nAs of June 2017, there have been 547,000 same-sex marriages in the United States.  Ceremonies have been taking place since the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality in June 2015, and same-sex couples have spent over $1.3 billion on their weddings.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/same-sex-couples-spend-1-billion-on-weddings-in-one-year-2016-06-23\" target=\"_blank\">MarketWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because over 1 million LGBT people in the U.S. are married &#8211; there have been 547,000 same-sex marriages in the U.S. to date, up from around 491,000 a year ago, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Obergefell-2-Year-Marriages.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy<\/a> at the University of California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of June 2017, there have been 547,000 same-sex marriages in the United States. 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