Gay Marriage is Good for the Enomy: It Increas Government Revenue and Creat Jobs

Contents:

• THE ENOMIC BENEFS OF GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY MARRIAGE IS GOOD FOR AMERI
• STUDY: GAY MARRIAGE GOOD FOR ENOMY
• SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
• GAY WEDDGS HAVE BOOSTED US ENOMY BY $3.8 BILLN SCE LANDMARK LG
• GAY MARRIAGE GOOD FOR THE ENOMY: UCLA STUDY
• GAY MARRIAGE IS GOOD FOR THE ENOMY: IT INCREAS GOVERNMENT REVENUE AND CREAT JOBS
• GAY MARRIAGE IS GOOD FOR THE ENOMY
• HOW GAY MARRIAGE IMPACTS THE ENOMY

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.

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.

GAY MARRIAGE IS GOOD FOR AMERI

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.

STUDY: GAY MARRIAGE GOOD FOR ENOMY

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.

SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?

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?

Supreme Court led June that same-sex upl had the right to marry, meang that all stat mt now regnize and nduct gay marriag. The first to be wed San Francis were Del Mart and Phyllis Lyon, pneerg gay-rights activists who have been a uple for more than 50 years. More ceremoni will follow, at least until November, when gay marriage will go before California’s voters.

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

And s absence n be lamo, whether ner ci or gay ghettos.

GAY MARRIAGE GOOD FOR THE ENOMY: UCLA STUDY

In 2008, nyg gay Amerins the opportuny to marry is not only humane, is unstaable. History has turned a rner: Gay upl – cludg gay parents – live openly and for the most part fortably mastream life. They should nsir how much ls ial an example gay upl will set by buildg fai and raisg children out of wedlock.

Nowadays, even opponents of same-sex marriage generally nce would be good for gay people. What if gay marriage be a vehicle for polygamists who want to marry multiple partners, egalarians who want to radilly rewre fay law, or secularists who want to supprs relig objectns to homosexualy? Space don’t perm me to treat those and other objectns tail, beyond notg that same-sex marriage no more leads logilly to polygamy than givg women one vote leads to givg men two; that gay marriage requir only few and most chang to existg fay law; and that the Constutn provis robt protectns for relig eedom.

I’ll also note, passg, that the arguments nscript homosexuals to marriagelsns orr to stop heterosexuals om makg bad cisns, a al to which we gay folks say, “Thanks, but no thanks. Still, ’s wise to guard agast untend nsequenc by tryg gay marriage one or two stat and seeg what happens, which is exactly what the untry is dog. And barrg gay marriage is risky s own right.

GAY MARRIAGE IS GOOD FOR THE ENOMY: IT INCREAS GOVERNMENT REVENUE AND CREAT JOBS

Ameri needs more marriag, not fewer, and the bt way to enurage marriage is to enurage marriage, which is what society do by brgg gay upl si the tent. The other is as the end of somethg radil: an experiment which gay people were told that they uld have all the sex and love they uld fd, but they uld not even thk about marriage.

If I take the send view, is on nservative – fact, tradnal – grounds that gay souls and straight society are healthit when sex, love and marriage all walk step.

GAY MARRIAGE IS GOOD FOR THE ENOMY

Now, the thirteen stat that had bans on gay marriage—Arkansas, Geia, Louisiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oh, and Tennsee—mt regnize the unns. Jt a few weeks before the monumental cisn, WeddgWire purchased, a service se for gay upl planng their weddgs.

HOW GAY MARRIAGE IMPACTS THE ENOMY

You n also watch last Thursday’s Makg Sen$e segment on how legalizatn of gay marriage will likely create a fancial boost for the weddg dtry and the broar enomy. The study timat that over the next three years, gay weddgs will generate $64 ln addnal tax revenue for the state, and another $9 ln marriage-license fe for unti. Picturque lol and romantic getaways should see more bs om gay weddgs and honeymoons.

Rearchers studied the enomic impact of gay marriage Massachetts - the only U. State that allows gays and lbians to marry - to velop their projectns for California.