The results of the 2010 U.S. Census, which for the first time will include data on the number of same-sex spouses, are expected to be cited by LGBT-rights advocates to back the need for new equality measures, as well as their anti-gay opponents to block LGBT progress. "If they don't have the numbers in front of them, it's easier for the government to rationalize acting like we don't exist," said Judy Verratti, a Georgetown University law student and Washington, D.C., resident who married her partner in California in June of last year.
