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What Are the Consequences of Living Alone?
Nearly a third of all American households have just one resident. Guest host Judy Muller looks at the trend the trend to live alone and the consequences for the community.
By Warren Olney • • 53m ListenRemember when living alone carried something of a stigma? According to the latest research, those days are gone. Nearly half of adult Americans are single, nearly a third of all households have just one resident. On this rebroadcast of today's To the Point, guest host Judy Muller looks at this phenomenon, what's driving it, and the consequences for those choosing to live alone and for the community as a whole. Also, President Obama comes out in favor of same-sex marriage, and political upset in Indiana and an overwhelming rejection of gay marriage in North Carolina.
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3 storiesPresident Obama Comes Out in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage
President Obama said today that he now favors allowing gay couples to marry. In an interview with ABC News' Good Morning America, he said that his position had evolved over time from his support for gay civil unions to this new support of full marriage rights.
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Remember when living alone carried something of a stigma? According to the latest census , those days are gone. Nearly half of adult Americans are single and nearly a third of all households have just one resident. Thirty-one million Americans live alone, almost eight times as many as in 1950.
Read the story30 minTroubling Signs for Both Parties in Yesterday's Elections
There were no real surprises in election results last night, but there were some surprises in the margins of the vote. In Indiana, State Treasurer Richard Mourdock was expected to beat incumbent Senator Richard Lugar , who valued cooperation over confrontation, but not by 20 points.
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