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Landmark Study Finds Same-Sex Marriage Improves Health in Spouses

Posted by on Dec 16, 2011 in Health | 0 comments

Feeling healthier by the minute.

Science confirms today what we’ve known all along: those who claim homosexuality is bad for your health are full of it. Same-sex marriage, like heterosexual marriage, produces a number of health benefits for spouses.

The number of visits by gay men to health clinics dropped significantly after same-sex unions were allowed in the state Massachusetts.

This was regardless of whether the men were in a stable relationship, reported the American Journal of Public Health.

A UK HIV charity said there was a clear link between happiness and health.

Researchers from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health surveyed the demand for medical and mental health care from 1,211 gay men registered with a particular health clinic in the 12 months prior to the change, and the 12 months afterwards.

They found a 13% drop in healthcare visits after the law was enacted.

There was a reduction in blood pressure problems, depression and “adjustment disorders”, which the authors claimed could be the result of reduced stress.

All of you married homos can hold your head a little higher today armed with this confirmation, don’t you think?

(via BBC)