Mass. sees economics of gay marriage
Topic: Gay/Lesbian Issues
Source: Boston Globe
Morality, personal liberty, and constitutional law have been the usual battlegrounds in the fight over gay marriage. Now Governor Deval Patrick is injecting something a bit more pedestrian to the debate: economic development. A study conducted for the state's Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development predicts that an economic boomlet in hotel bookings, banquets, and wedding cakes would result from repealing a 1913 state law that prevents gay and lesbian couples from most other states from marrying in Massachusetts. (07/15/08)
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Tuesday 15 July 2008 - 09:03:35