Marriage Equality

In case you haven't heard Washington State is now the newest member of the Legislators for Marriage Club. Other than the obvious cheer for equality, we must now look at the results.

First the economic effects.

1. More people getting married means more money in the marriage industry. Since the LGBT community is just as likely to get married or have an interest in marriage, since they are humans living in a society which values it. A sharp boost to the industry will happen, because of the high population of LGBT couples who have been awaiting a chance to get married. Since they have been waiting for it to happen we can assume that it would be important, and therefore for most people "money-related". Because of this money, the marriage industry will improve the surrounding economies.

2. Married LGBT couples will pay less taxes, have shared benefits (in many cases), and, as a result, will have more money to spend. This is because the tax benefits given to married couples are significant, thus resulting in the newly married LGBT having more money. Therefore they can spend this money on things like Cupcake Royale's Death Cake (I was certain I would mention them at some point). Also the newly married couples can get benefits from their employer, if their workplace provides it. This also means money for them to spend, hopefully not entirely on Death Cakes.

Now for the effects on marriage:

Gay people will get married.

Now for the effects on the family:

Children adopted will be in a family more free of money issues and stress, resulting in happier children. They may already have two loving parents, and now they will be married.

Now for the effects on morality:

Nothing, however it would most likely be positive.

Now for the effects on bigots:

They may fear the unknown, but may eventually see that their gay neighbors are happy and not destroying the family or marriage. I say LGBT couples will not destroy marraige because we can assume there is nothing intrinsically evil about them, if there is then please bring this to my attention. Now, based on this assumption we can assume that some couples will cheat, divorce, be abusive, and such; however this happens in "straight" marriages as well, much to the determent of the people in the immediate family. So if I may quote To Kill a Mocking Bird for a second I will show this principle in another case.

“…the evil assumption – that allNegroes lie, that all Negroes are basically immoral beings, that all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women, an assumption one associates with minds of their caliber.
Which, gentlemen, we know is in itself a lie as black as Tom Robinson's skin, a lie I do not have to point out to you. You know the truth, and the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted around women – black or white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men. There is not a person in this courtroom who has never told a lie, who has never done an immoral thing, and there is no man living who has never looked upon a woman without desire” (Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird). I hope this is enough to compel you to the side of love.

So in conclusion we can see great results for the State of Washington, let's take this national.