ALLEN ACEVEDO: Keep gay marriage for the love of money
Issue date: 6/23/08 Section: State of Mind

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For many people who do not support marriage equality, one factor might help change their minds. In a speech given in San Francisco, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger stated that he hoped the newly attained rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community would lead to an economic boom to California's troubled economy. A recent study issued by the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law at UCLA estimated that gay and lesbian couples would spend close to $684 million in the next three years on wedding expenditures such as cakes, photographers, invitations, dresses, limo rentals, hotels and more.

The ones I've been invited to are all very traditional (i.e. really expensive) deals, its the straights who have the hippie-dippy wedding on the beach with the mail order minister and the pot luck reception.