Score one for New York! The past weekend the great state of New York became the 6th and most populous state to legalize same sex marriage, that's right MARRIAGE, not civil unions. Congrats to Gov. Cuomo who made it a top priority during his campaign and actually delivered on a political promise. I've said it many a times that same sex marriage is inevitable because an equal right is an equal right. Not only does the ruling bring joy to the tens of thousands of couples residing in New York, it also has New York's tourism department jumping for joy (not to mention event halls, florists, bakers, and struggling musicians). The state is projecting a minimum extra $180M of new revenue from gay weddings to be injected to the state's languishing economy within the next year. I hope other states are watching because gays CAN save the economy.
Showing posts with label gay marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gay marriage. Show all posts
June 27, 2011
Freedom to Marry
Score one for New York! The past weekend the great state of New York became the 6th and most populous state to legalize same sex marriage, that's right MARRIAGE, not civil unions. Congrats to Gov. Cuomo who made it a top priority during his campaign and actually delivered on a political promise. I've said it many a times that same sex marriage is inevitable because an equal right is an equal right. Not only does the ruling bring joy to the tens of thousands of couples residing in New York, it also has New York's tourism department jumping for joy (not to mention event halls, florists, bakers, and struggling musicians). The state is projecting a minimum extra $180M of new revenue from gay weddings to be injected to the state's languishing economy within the next year. I hope other states are watching because gays CAN save the economy.
January 7, 2010
Yay DC!! Booooo Jersey!
In about a month's time, the nation's capital passed a bill to legalize same sex marriage; while New Jersey took a step backwards from their 2006 ruling, and shot down a bill to make it law.
Obviously gay marriage is something that will continually be debated for some time, but to deny a right to any group of people is unconstitutional. Where is the separation of God & State here? From a business perspective, gay marriage is a great idea. A whole other market would present itself most likely increasing profits twofold in the arts, culinary and entertainment industries. What it really comes down to is Love and a binding contract entitling you to the rights to your spouse's land and/or money. So why do so many people have an issue with this? How does one person's love for another affect you? Why is a large part of society threatened by equality? I guess we'll see how this all plays out in 2010.
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