Gay Marriage Is Good for Ameri | Brookgs

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• SAME-SEX WEDDGS HAVE BOOSTED ENOMI BY $3.8 BILLN SCE GAY MARRIAGE WAS LEGALIZED FIVE YEARS AGO THIS MONTH, A NEW STUDY SAYS
• THE ENOMIC BENEFS OF GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY WEDDGS BOOST U.S. ENOMY BY $3.8 BILLN SCE LANDMARK LG
• GAY WEDDGS HAVE BOOSTED US ENOMY BY $3.8 BILLN SCE LANDMARK LG
• GAY MARRIAGE BE THE LAW OF THE LAND AMERI
• SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
• GAY MARRIAGE IS GOOD FOR AMERI
• GAY MARRIAGE BOOSTS NYC'S ENOMY BY $259 LN FIRST YEAR
• STUDY: GAY MARRIAGE GOOD FOR ENOMY
• RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE

SAME-SEX WEDDGS HAVE BOOSTED ENOMI BY $3.8 BILLN SCE GAY MARRIAGE WAS LEGALIZED FIVE YEARS AGO THIS MONTH, A NEW STUDY SAYS

Same-sex weddgs have been a boon for the weddg dtry sce gay marriage was legalized 2015 – and the years sce, ’s boosted state and lol enomi by $3. However, more than a of rearch by myself and other enomists and analysis by the Congrsnal Budget Office unr the directn of Douglas Holtz-Eak suggts jt the oppose: that state and feral budgets will actually get a posive boost if gay upl are allowed to marry. And here’s somethg the ernment might nsir reckong the bottom le wh regard to legalizg gay marriage: Hundreds of thoands of exced upl would start planng weddgs, generatg at least $1.

Big rporatns want same-sex upl to be allowed to marry bee they believe gay marriage is good for bs. Those employers argued that they want to rec and reta the most creative and productive workers to make their bs petive, and that clus lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) workers. A gay man who liv Massachetts wh his hband might not want to transfer to an office Oh where his marriage isn’t regnized.

The enomic ripple effects of gay marriage n spread even further.

THE ENOMIC BENEFS OF GAY MARRIAGE

Some observers, most notably petivens gu Richard Florida, argue that tolerant polici and environments — cludg for gay people — are sential for nurturg creative workers who will drive enomic growth. She was an expert wns the Proposn 8 trial and is the thor of “When Gay People Get Married: What Happens When Societi Legalize Same-sex Marriage?

MEXICO CITY (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Gay and lbian weddgs have boosted state and lol enomi by an timated $3.

8 billn sce same-sex marriage was legalized natnwi the Uned Stat 2015, acrdg to a study published on 300, 000 gay and lbian upl have tied the knot sce the U. The events generated an addnal $244 ln state and lol tax, the rearch 45, 000 jobs also were supported by same-sex weddgs, acrdg to the marriage was first approved the state of Massachetts 2003, wh several stat followg the time of the Supreme Court’s landmark cisn, some 242, 000 same-sex upl had wed, the study total has sce more than doubled, wh more than half a ln gay and lbian upl marryg the Uned Uned Stat is one of 28 Uned Natns’ member stat that regniz the right of same-sex upl to marry after Costa Ri joed the ranks on Tuday. Acrdg to advocy group Open For Bs, gay marriage Costa Ri uld boost the enomy by up to $592 Williams Instute study clud figur and timat based on data om the U.

GAY WEDDGS BOOST U.S. ENOMY BY $3.8 BILLN SCE LANDMARK LG

MEXICO CITY – Gay and lbian weddgs have boosted state and lol enomi by an timated $3. Nearly 300, 000 gay and lbian upl have tied the knot sce the US Supreme Court led favor of same-sex marriage, acrdg to rearchers om the Williams Instute at California’s UCLA School of Law.

GAY WEDDGS HAVE BOOSTED US ENOMY BY $3.8 BILLN SCE LANDMARK LG

Gay marriage was first approved the state of Massachetts 2003, wh several stat followg su. The total has sce more than doubled, wh more than half a ln gay and lbian upl marryg the Uned Stat. Acrdg to advocy group Open For Bs, gay marriage Costa Ri uld boost the enomy by up to $592 ln.

Hodg legalized gay marriage natnwi, cludg the 14 stat that did not prevly allow gays and lbians to wed. Adults (37%) favored allowg gays and lbians to wed 2009, a share that rose to 62% 2017. For stance, 45% of adults the Silent Generatn (those born between 1928 and 1945) favor allowg gays and lbians to wed, pared wh 74% of Millennials (born between 1981 and 1996).

4As wh the general public, Amerins who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (LGBT) are most likely to ce love as a very important reason for gettg married.

GAY MARRIAGE BE THE LAW OF THE LAND AMERI

Is among 29 untri and jurisdictns that allow gay and lbian upl to wed.

SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?

The first natn to legalize gay marriage was the Netherlands, which did so 2000. Sce then, several other European untri – cludg England and Wal, France, Ireland, all of Sndavia, Spa and, most recently, Atria, Germany and Malta – have legalized gay marriage. And May 2019, Taiwan beme the first untry Asia to allow gays and lbians to legally wed.

For many gay Amerins, together wh their iends and fai, the new law as a relief. Even if the urt strik down Obergefell v Hodg, the 2015 se that legalised gay marriage Ameri, the effects of dog so would be much rced. Now lns of gay Amerins have that regnn, too.

In stat where gay marriage is legal, the feral ernment will regnise the unns. Stat that do not perm gay marriage will not be forced to adopt . Th the law strik a balance between majory opn, which favours gay marriage by a wi marg, and a mory who object on relig grounds.

GAY MARRIAGE IS GOOD FOR AMERI

The new law falls short of what many advot for gay marriage, cludg this publitn, want. The approach taken the Rpect for Marriage Act, where both sis work to addrs the other’s worst fears, is the right advance of gay marriage ntas lsons for brgg about polil change more generally a system that was signed to slow down.

Gay marriage ed to seem weird. Then, slowly, Amerins realised they had an uncle, nt or , whom they loved and wanted to be happy, who also happened to be gay. Gay people were Democrats and Republins: among the most high-profile gay women the untry is the dghter of a particularly flty Republin vice-print.

GAY MARRIAGE BOOSTS NYC'S ENOMY BY $259 LN FIRST YEAR

Two years ago an openly gay man, Pete Buttigieg, ran a mpaign to be the Democratic printial ndidate. Meanwhile, public support for gay marriage has steadily creased om 27% Gallup’s polls 1996 to 71% ma thgs easier for people mpaigng for gay marriage. Rather than prent gay rights as a revolutnary change they emphasised a mment to stutns beloved of nservativ, askg for the right to marry and to serve the armed forc whout hidg their sexualy.

Patrtic gay Amerins who wanted to jo Ameri’s mastream were persuasive.

STUDY: GAY MARRIAGE GOOD FOR ENOMY

Like the civil-rights mpaigners of the 1950s and 1960s, gay-rights mpaigners flourished by makg their opponents seem the on wh an agenda to engeer society.

RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE

Undog gay marriage would now be a pafully disptive act; keepg has bee the nservative what other ntent areas uld the same approach be tried? Perhaps mpaigners for rtrictg gun ownership, or for dog more about climate change, uld learn om those who phed for gay marriage.