Ten Reasons to Support Gay Marriage | Psychology Today

Contents:

• THE ENOMIC BENEFS OF GAY MARRIAGE
• NOW YOU CAN GET MARRIED. GAY OR NOT, HERE'S WHAT YOU GA—AND LOSE
• GAY MARRIAGE RIGHTS, FANCIAL BENEFS, AND TAX PENALTI
• SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
• SAME-SEX WEDDGS HAVE BOOSTED ENOMI BY $3.8 BILLN SCE GAY MARRIAGE WAS LEGALIZED FIVE YEARS AGO THIS MONTH, A NEW STUDY SAYS
• TEN REASONS TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE

THE ENOMIC BENEFS OF GAY MARRIAGE

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.

NOW YOU CAN GET MARRIED. GAY OR NOT, HERE'S WHAT YOU GA—AND LOSE

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.

GAY MARRIAGE RIGHTS, FANCIAL BENEFS, AND TAX PENALTI

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?

Can Gay Coupl File Jot Tax? Do the IRS Regnize Gay Marriage?

SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?

Sce the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage 2015, more than a ln same-sex upl have tied the, love and marriage wh much more than a day filled wh vows, dancg and ke. Image source: Getty Imag2021's Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer (LGBTQ) Pri Month is the first to be officially regnized by a print sce 2016 -- certaly e for celebratn!

Supreme Court jt legalized gay marriage natnwi.

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

Gay or Not, Here's What You Ga—and Lose. It's not like givg gays the right to marry hurts the eedom of others. We don't choose to be born gay, straight, Asian, Black, Whe, Hispanic, Transgenr, rich, or poor.

Some of the arguments agast gay marriage are due to the fact that the ernment will be able to llect more tax as a rult. On June 26, 2015, the US Supreme Court led that gay marriage is a right protected by the US Constutn all 50 stat.

TEN REASONS TO SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE

US public opn had shifted signifintly over the years, om 27% approval of gay marriage 1996 to 55% 2015, the year beme legal throughout the Uned Stat, to 61% 2019.

Proponents of legal gay marriage ntend that gay marriage bans are discrimatory and unnstutnal, and that same-sex upl should have accs to all the benefs enjoyed by different-sex upl. On July 25, 2014 Miami-Da County Circu Court Judge Sarah Zabel led Florida’s gay marriage ban unnstutnal and stated that the ban “serv only to hurt, to discrimate, to prive same-sex upl and their fai of equal digny, to label and treat them as send-class cizens, and to em them unworthy of participatn one of the fundamental stutns of our society. As well as discrimatn based on sexual orientatn, gay marriage bans discrimated based on one’s sex.

The Amerin Psychologil Associatn, Amerin Psychiatric Associatn, and others nclud that legal gay marriage giv upl “accs to the social support that already facilat and strengthens heterosexual marriag, wh all of the psychologil and physil health benefs associated wh that support. A study found that same-sex married upl were “signifintly ls distrsed than lbian, gay, and bisexual persons not a legally regnized relatnship. A 2010 analysis found that after their stat had banned gay marriage, gay, lbian and bisexual people suffered a 37% crease mood disorrs, a 42% crease alhol-e disorrs, and a 248% crease generalized anxiety disorrs.