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2013-03-30 12_16_02-Facebook maps out support for gay marriage as profile photo campaign takes off _

Facebook users are showing support for marriage equality over the last few weeks as a result of the two high-profile cases which are underway at the US Supreme Court. Users are showing support by changing their profile picture to a red equal sign which is designed by the Human Rights Campaign. Chances are that you might have seen this on your news feed.

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According to Facebook, there are 2.7 million more people who have changed their profile picture compared with the prior week which is an increase of 120 percent.

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Eytan Bakshy of a social network data science team said that the results are also broken down by age. The group of people who is around the age 30 showed the most significant increase in the changing of their profile picture.

“TODAY, WE CAN SEE THE SPREAD OF AN IDEA ONLINE IN GREATER DETAIL THAN EVER BEFORE.”

Here is an extra graph which shows gay marriage is becoming more and more acceptable to our society.

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-Image Credits to ABC News.

-Via The Verge


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