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[Local/AP] SF economist says gay marriage ban costs city | San Francisco Examiner: He based the figure on the 5,100 marriage licenses San Francisco issued to same-sex couples during a five-month period in 2008 when gay marriage was legal, as well as on wedding industry data on how much couples spend on average when they tie the knot.

[Bay Area] Same-Sex Marriage Case, Day 4: Economics - Bay Area Blog - NYTimes.com: Egan said the legalization of same-sex marriage would bolster the local economy by increasing consumer spending, sales tax revenue and property tax revenue. He also said that legalizing same-sex marriages would increase the number of employers extending health insurance coverage to married same-sex partners, thus decreasing the amount of money the city spends on the uninsured.

[Autostraddle] Day Four of the Prop 8 Gay Marriage Trial: Ilan Meyer on Social ...: So here’s what we learn: California could get $21 million per year per resident wedding, and non-resident weddings would produce event, per diem and hotel revenue. Out-of-town guests who come for resident weddings also spend per diem, on sushi and drugs and Michael Jackson memorabilia and Californian stuff, totaling $25 million hotel revenue and a bunch more in sales tax &

[NCLR Blog: Out for Justice] NCLR's Legal Director Shannon Minter on Perry v Schwarzenegger ...:  The City’s budget suffers because married couples tend to be both healthier and wealthier than unmarried people.  Denying same-sex couples the right to marry also reduces the City’s tax revenues, and the City’s public health costs are higher because many LGBT people do not have health insurance through a spouse and are forced to depend on the City as health care provider of last resort.

[Pam's House Blend - Front Page] Pam's House Blend:: Shannon Minter: Perry v. Schwarzenegger ...:  Denying same-sex couples the right to marry also reduces the City's tax revenues, and the City's public health costs are higher because many LGBT people do not have health insurance through a spouse and are forced to depend on the City as health care provider of last resort.

[savvyplanners.comâ™ .:. GLBTI & Traditional Destination Weddings NJ NJ PA FL CA NYC, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Key West, Hawaii, weddings .:] New Williams Institute study estimates that extending marriage to ...: (LOS ANGELES) - The Williams Institute released this week a new study estimating the financial impact of New Jersey extending marriage to same-sex couples. The report estimates that extending marriage to same-sex couples would boost the New Jersey economy by almost $200 million during the next three years, creating approximately 1,400 jobs and generating over $15 million in revenues for the state budget.

[The Bay News] The Bay News » Blog Archive » Same-sex weddings would boost San ...: Los Angeles Times A San Francisco economist testified today that same-sex weddings would generate more than $35 million in annual spending in San .

New America Media Blogs: Just because Glee and Ellen have gay themes, the conservatives are watching their words in the media, and we aren’t being sentenced to death like in Uganda, and Dawn Davis got married in jail doesn’t mean people aren’t living homophobia daily in North America.

[eScholarship Repository] eScholarship: Economic Benefits from Same-Sex Weddings in New Jersey: The recent experiences of San Francisco, California, and Portland, Oregon, suggest that the local economic benefits of same-sex weddings are real and large. The couples who married in San Francisco during a one-month window of .

[InfoSnipper.com] Gay marriage good for economy, San Francisco says | InfoSnipper.com: Edmund Egan, the city's chief economist, estimated that annual wedding-related spending would rise by $35 million in San Francisco, with an additional $2.7 million in hotel spending, if same-sex marriage were legal. That would mean more than $2.5 million in additional city taxes, he calculated.

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[Firedoglake] Firedoglake » Deep Thoughts on Prop 8 Trial: So it’s hard listening to this trial, watching these lawyers hired by a bunch of bigots who had to step in to defend discrimination because the governor and the attorney general of California couldn’t really be bothered, thinking as they do (apparently) that Prop 8 is really unconstitutional. These lawyers who, in trying to get plaintiffs’

[Personal Injury Lawyer] Proposition 8: SF Economist Says Gay Marriage Ban Costs City ...: He based the figure on the 5,100 marriage licenses San Francisco issued to same-sex couples during a five-month period in 2008 when gay marriage was legal, as well as on wedding industry data on how much couples spend on average when they tie the knot.

[The Hook News Blog] Madame president! Sullivan to take UVA reins | The Hook News Blog: (BTW, I don’t think I was suggesting that Sullivan herself is a high-powered scholar first and foremost.) What I mean is this: the vast majority of professors whom we’ll hire or want to hire have not had an experience like Hereford’s: get undergrad and grad degrees from the same place, get hired by the place that gave you your degrees, not publish extensively, not do a lot of conferences, not get a lot of research grants. We do still have some of those extremely distinguished faculty members, but they’re kind of a dying breed.

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[Gay Marriage Watch] Gay Marriage Watch: CA: Prop 8 Supporters Appeal Trial You Tube ...: 8 has inevitably led to harassment, economic reprisal, threats and even physical violence. In this atmosphere, witnesses are understandably quite distressed at the prospect of their testimony being broadcast worldwide on YouTube." Kennedy asked the state to respond by noon today.

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