Topic: Gay marriage
Quote: The CBO estimate was ~$1Billion/ year in additional costs for legalizing 600,000 gay marriages.
Response: Well, HRC estimates that the costs would be negligable and that some governments would actually save money. They site many studies on the issue, which I have not taken the time to look up, as I think this sort of statistic is worthless. It is unreasonable to ask same-sex couples to pay for the marriage of opposite-sex couples without asking opposite-sex couples to return this payment. Still, you seem very concerned about it, so I will provide this link:\nhttp://www.hrc.org/Template.cfm?Sect...entDisplay.cfm\nIt is an interest group in favor of gay rights, yes, but that doesn't make them wrong. I did have a link to an actual study on the topic, but I cannot seem to find it. I'm sure if I scoured the Internet more, I could come up with something.\n
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