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Same-Sex Marriage Expected to Boost Wedding Business

Cake shops, wedding venues expect to see part of $90 million boost from marriage-equality provision.

 

 

With the passage of Question 6 approving same-sex marriage, some financial analysts say believe that Maryland’s economy could see as much as a $90 million boost, according to a recent Gazette story.

Mark Yost, president of the Maryland Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, quoted research from UCLA's Williams Institute that there could be $3.6 million in sales and lodging tax revenue, and $21 million per year from wedding-related businesses.

A reporter for the Baltimore Business Journal spoke with Mary Alice Yetskey, the marketing director of Duff Goldman’s Charm City Cakes, who believes that her business will see a “much busier January” than normal. 

The story also quotes Mark Scurti, an attorney specializing in LGBT issues at Towson’s Pessin Katz Law, discussing the need for lawyers who “understand the intricacies” of same-sex couple marriages.

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H.R. Pufnstuf

12:22 pm on Sunday, November 11, 2012

Peanuts. Legalize drugs and really watch the economy grow.

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Steve

12:47 pm on Sunday, November 11, 2012

I have a friend who is a wedding photographer and her business skyrocketed this week. She's booked solid through April/May with about 1/3 being same sex marriages.

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Michael

6:38 pm on Sunday, November 11, 2012

Whether it's now legal or not, I still find the very thought of gay marriage to be queerly repulsive.

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The Shill

5:21 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012

It all makes sense now:

Washington State... Gay marriage and marijuana being legalized on the same day.

Leviticus 20:22 - "if a man lays with another man he should be stoned."

We've just been interpreting it wrong all along.

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