Posted on 06/16/2008 1:44:41 PM PDT by Rufus2007
Even financial journalists have found a way to promote a liberal social agenda, as CNBC’s "Squawk on the Street" showed in a June 16 segment praising the California Supreme Court for legalizing same-sex marriage.
"This time around, one study expects over 100,000 gay couples will tie the knot, providing a boost to California’s ailing economy hit hard by the real estate foreclosure meltdown," CNBC Silicon Valley Bureau Chief Jim Goldman said.
Goldman cited data from the pro-gay Williams Institute, a division of the University of California Los Angeles School of Law. According to its Web site, the Williams Institute "advances sexual orientation law and public policy through rigorous, independent research and scholarship, and disseminates it to judges, legislators, policymakers, media and the public."
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California’s Economic Savior? Then they’ll tax it to death...........
“providing a boost to California’s ailing economy hit hard by the real estate foreclosure meltdown”....
How in the hell do these idiots reach these conclusions?...
Rumpriders getting married is not going to save California! How stupid does this crap get?
The divorces should be quite a bonanza too.
They may have to factor in some economic hits from people and companies moving out of the state and conventions and other gatherings perhaps relocated. We can’t forget the AIDS costs, the over-stressed benefits programs, nor the costs of the future legal fights over further rights for gays and lesbians. We’d be lucky if it were only a wash but I suspect the costs will outweigh the benefits by a long shot.
yep! I know a couple who got married in NH(?) in that brief window when it was legal.
Guess what? BITTER divorce, or more accurately, they can't actually get a divorce. The courts can't grant a divorce without first recognizing the marriage.
They're stuck with each other, in legal limbo...
My guess is that a lot of gays & lesbians might think about getting hitched to make a statement — then, they'll think of the ramifications (i.e. alimony, matrimonial property laws, etc.) & decide to give a pass to the walk down the aisle. OTOH, a lot of them might be motivated by the financial benefits (pensions, tax splitting, etc.). On balance, it still seems that the estimate is very high.
CNBC interested in investing in a Sodom and Gommorah enterprise? At least a cesspool is built with a firmer foundation than CNBC.
I thought Illegal Aliens were the save all for CA economy?
The divorces should be quite a bonanza too.
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You got that right.
California has plenty of lawyers ready to service whatever demand is the flavor of the week.
It’s a helluva way to run a civilization into the weeds, but Hey, it is California ..
I HATE CNBC!!! I mute anytime Erin ‘AIRHEAD’ Burdett, amd Maria ‘New York nasal’ Berterarmo, is on...
Will queer marriage be legal when California is under Mexican law?
The argument that homosexual ‘marriages’ will help California’s economy is ludicrous. In fact part of that state’s problem has been MASSIVE expenditures on AIDS treatments. Their health department is literally devastated by millions spent on AIDS education and treatments that have had little to no effect.
“Liberalism is a mental disorder”
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