Nearly 300,000 same-sex couples have married since gay marriage legalized nationwide

[left-of-center2012]

Nearly 300,000 same-sex couples have been married in the U.S. since the landmark Supreme Court decision five years ago that guaranteed them the right in every state, according to a new study.

A study released Monday by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law found that 293,000 same-sex couples have been married since the June 2015 decision, accounting for more than half of the 513,000 same-sex couples married as of March 2020. At the time of the Supreme Court’s decision, 13 states did not allow same-sex couples to marry.

The economic impact study also estimated that wedding spending by same-sex couples and their out-of-state guests generated $3.8 billion in state and local economies since the June 2015 decision. Additionally, the report estimates the nearly 300,000 same-sex weddings in the last five years generated an estimated $244.1 million in state and local tax revenue.

The report estimated an additional $543.8 million was spent at the weddings from out-of-state guests.

As the five-year anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision approaches, support for same-sex marriage matches a record high, according to Gallup. A Gallup poll released Monday found that 67 percent of Americans said they support gay marriage ...

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/500547-nearly-300000-same-sex-couples-have-married-since-gay-marriage-legalized-study

[Odoreida]

1. Impressive n/t

[lambchopp59]

2. That's a glorious benchmark

Shining so triumphantly over the mountains of frustrated pontifications from the self-righteous charlatans. Albeit we're far from equality and freedom from violence from the homophobes, this triumph over ignorance aids in vindicating so much oppression, and admittedly makes me a bit jealous of the younger LGBT folks who benefit.
Furthermore, this is a desperately requisite LGBTQ self-esteem booster shot, a medicinal "YES WE CAN" pill that further than a decade ago held us so firmly in second-class citizenry that the prevalent attitude of aloof, wreckless and self-degrading behaviors among many LGBT folks seems a softer, friendlier place. Certainly one that largely can dismiss the confabulatory tyranny of the past as antediluvian, making strides in some of the most backwards of enclaves.
Making out the magnanimous foolishness of the likes of Pat Robertson blaming everything from tornadoes to COVID on our rights all that more obvious is almost reward enough to be therapeutic. I state this as witness and near victim of the long arm of Westboro's efforts to exterminate "fags". Such groups of idiots have far more karmic lives to live than they'll ever see coming.