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What are the benefits of legalizing same-sex marriage in the United States?
The legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States is beneficial to the economic development of the United States. Sina 20 13 points out that if same-sex marriage is legalized in the United States, it will contribute $654.38+0 billion (about 6.2 billion RMB (62090, -0.0004, -0.0 1%)) to the federal income and reduce the deficit by $45 million (. Big companies such as Google, Apple, Disney, Nike, Morgan Stanley and Microsoft also believe that legalizing same-sex marriage is beneficial to their business.
In 2003, Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage. In the next five years, this law created 65,438+065,438+065,438+million dollars for Massachusetts. New york, also in the eastern United States, legalized same-sex marriage at the end of July 20 1 1. The data shows that the same-sex marriage registration, local celebrations and wedding-related expenses earned new york 20 1 1 as much as US$ 25.9 million in foreign exchange. The tax paid to New York State reached $654.38+600,000.
Legalization of same-sex marriage not only benefits the federal and state governments economically, but also allows many private business sectors to see business opportunities. In the wedding industry, according to the data of Theknot.com's website, same-sex couples spend an average of $9,039 (about 56,000 RMB) on weddings, of which 3 1% couples spend $654.38 million (about 62,000 RMB) or more on weddings.
Kellee Khalil, CEO of Lover.ly, a well-known American wedding search engine, said, "Our website has always included search services for same-sex weddings. However, with the ruling that DOMA is unconstitutional, we will deepen the service of the website to this group. The more people get married, the more conducive it is to the prosperity of the wedding industry. " (Source: Sina Finance)