Here’s a fun article to start your day! It turns out that city officials estimate that New York City reaped $259 million dollars of economic benefits in the first full year of same-sex marriage being legal in the state. Between marriage licenses issued, hotel stays, guests traveling to the city and purchases, the money continues to roll in. Let’s not forget, with this money come jobs and tax revenue for the city as well!

I’ve heard several people say that we should be focusing on the economy this fall, not updating our constitution to define something that is already defined by law. Turns out, defeating this amendment could actually prove to be good for our economy in the long run!

Thank you Mayor Bloomberg and Council Speaker Quinn for sharing this story with the rest of the world. It seems that gay marriage might not be such a bad thing after all…