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Badgett's research of gay marriage across cultures is also cited in the resolution.

Citing new research, psychology group supports gay marriage 2011

Psychologists have been very important in helping to keep the discussion at a fact-based level and not let it steer off into stereotypes, says M.V. Lee Badgett, research director at the non-profit Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law & Public Policy at the University of California-Los Angeles.

Citing new research, psychology group supports gay marriage 2011

"Marriage is an institution that is recognized by many other people outside the couple, so it has that social validation," Badgett said.

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders: Prejudice Drove His Gay Marriage Stance 2010

Badgett rejected the comparison, however, noting those trends were firmly established long before gay couples won the right to wed in the Netherlands and were unrelated to same-sex marriage.

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders: Prejudice Drove His Gay Marriage Stance 2010

Until now I thought that the coroner was called Badgett, I assumed in homage to the constitutional theorist and founder of The Economist.

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Cooper spent several hours with Badgett trying to demonstrate that traditional male-female marriages suffered after same-sex marriages became legal in the Netherlands in 2001.

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders: Prejudice Drove His Gay Marriage Stance 2010

Wallace Badgett was an accomplished rodeo cowboy, a college champion who went to the national finals.

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"I don't know that these same-sex couples who got married also registered as domestic partners to hedge their bets against the election," Badgett replied.

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders: Prejudice Drove His Gay Marriage Stance 2010

"The typical firefighter is a very linear person," Badgett says.

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"The logic is obvious," says J. David Badgett, an assistant chief with the Los Angeles Fire Department.

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