Marriage initiatives and mental health

[Natasha]

Marriage initiatives and mental health

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/12/marriage_initiatives_and_mental_health.php
Alex Blaze
December 4, 2008 4:00 PM

"The researchers sorted participants into two groups -- those living in a state with an anti-marriage amendment on the 2006 November ballot and those in other states. Not surprisingly, compared to residents of other states, residents of the amendment-campaign states reported encountering a larger number of antigay messages in the mass media and in day-to-day conversations. Moreover, comparison of the November questionnaires with those administered six months earlier revealed that the number of encounters with negative messages had increased significantly in the amendment states but not in the other states............"