In the spirit of marriage profiteering, a new study out of the Williams Institute at UCLA’s School of Law is throwing around numbers like $65 million in new revenue to the state and $700 million in revenue for the CA wedding industry. Basically, assuming these hordes of in-state and out-of-state gay marrieds descend in the next six months as expected, consider CA’s budget crisis solved.
And in other news, much like the fucked up Phelps clan is targeting Contra Costa County, other fundies are targeting conservative Kern County and have succeeded in convincing dumb bitch County clerk Ann Barnett to decide that marriages will no longer be performed at the county offices.
Also, Queen Latifah might be getting hitched.
Come to The Sword on June 17th for some exclusive coverage of the marriage circus in the Bay Area.
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Actually, we’d rather talk about TJ Hawke’s ass. We’re all for gays getting marriage rights, but the fact that getting hitched is now seen as the ne plus ultra of gay life strikes us as a bit regressive.
Mike
Editor, TheSword.com
I don’t understand We’re talking about one of the biggest gay rights issues in history, and The Sword wants to avoid it?? It’s just considered bad medicine?
The self-hating, cynical, bitchy kitsch here is getting very old…
But hey, we can always talk about Steve Cruz’s ass again.