Gay couples can benefit a community by giving their neighbours confidence and difference offering everyone a chanced to feel safe and welcoming into their own environment. This can benefit children greatly.
There is no such thing as illegally married gay couples. There are only legally married gay couples (with or without state recognition), and unmarried gay couples.
The United States gives 1,138 benefits if you are married.Rights and responsibilities of marriages in the United States
A community can only benefit when all of its law-abiding members are accepted. Rejection hurts everyone.
It is not common for marriage counselors to only work with gay couples. All marriage counselors that are board certified should be able to treat couples regardless of sexual preference. That said, it is possible to find a marriage counselor who is perhaps popular in the gay community. It would be a good idea to ask around in Kansas by perhaps contacting the local chapter of LGB.
As of 2014, in the US about 20% of gay couples are parents.
The reasons are exactly the same for gay couples as they are for straight couples: commitment, love, stability, security, children, etc.
Most hatred and prejudice toward the LGBT community is religion-based. Others are just afraid of the unknown.
Gay parenting is not prevalent on any continent. The United states has the most gay couples with children (as of 2017, about 20% of gay couples are raising children). In South America, the numbers are much lower.
As often as straight couples.
gay couples and straight couples are pretty much the same just have different likes and dislikes. both get same benefits.
No. The children of same sex couples are not more likely to be gay.
Numbers aren't tracked for this statistic, but about 15% of gay couples adopt children.