COLAGE invites our members and allies to demand accuracy and unbiasedness from the United States Census.

The press this week reported on an offensive protocol by the Census Bureau for how it intends to handle married same-sex couples during the 2010 Census. The Bureau will NOT count legally married gay couples as married, and will instead EDIT the data submitted by married gay couples to change their status to "unmarried partners."

Please sign on to a petition created by People for the American way urging the Census Bureau to change their policy.
Those in support of the Census Bureau's actions may hide behind a federal law, the so-called Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA"), and argue that the federal government doesn't recognize the marriages of same-sex couples. But a number of states and other countries do, and gay and lesbian couples who are legally married are, in fact, just that -- married.

At COLAGE we know there is already too many challenges in gathering accurate information about families headed by LGBTQ parents. By refusing to acknowledge the marital status of many of our families, the Census Bureau contributes to this problem and feeds misinformed views about the validity of our families.

Please sign on to the petition now telling the Census Bureau to do its job and collect and report ACCURATE data about all Americans, including married same-sex couples.