Right-Wing Activist Claims Outlawing Same-Sex Marriage Will Boost The Economy

[Joanne98]

Last April, the Iowa Supreme Court “legalized gay marriage…in a unanimous and emphatic decision” that made it the first “state in the nation’s heartland” to expand marriage rights to gays and lesbians. Since the court’s decision, conservatives have mobilized to place a constitutional amendment on the Iowa ballot for 2010 that would define marriage as between a man and a woman, effectively banning same-sex marriage in the state. The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is leading these efforts with its Reclaim Iowa Project.

Yesterday, NOM held a rally at the state house in Des Moines, Iowa. Reporting from the event, the Iowa Independent caught a bizarre new justification being promulgated for opposing gay marriage. Tamara Scott, the state director for the conservative Concerned Women of America, told the NOM rally crowd that “part of the country’s current economic downturn was to blame on the social costs of the threatened traditional family unit through the legalization of gay marriage”:

“It costs you, the taxpayer, as high as $280 billion a year for fragmented families, according to the Family Research Council,” Scott told the crowd, citing a study from the D.C.-based Christian political association from May 2009.

“If we would correct the breakdown of the family by 1 percent, we could save the taxpayer $3 billion a year,” she said. “An easy fix and a better fix long term for our children… When the family is healthy, the community benefits. When the family is hurting, society will pay the cost one way or another. We can fix this economic downturn very easily by fixing some hearts.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/08/02/activist-gay-marriage-economy/

You know what causes divorces? GIVING ALL THE MONEY IN THE COUNTRY TO THE RICH!

[NC_Nurse]

1. Yeah, not letting gays marry will completely fix the "fragmented family"

problem. That makes perfect sense...if you're a MORON! When will these people be raptured and give us all a break from their relentless stupidity?

[Fearless]

2. Yeah, because those states that ban it outright have SUCH better economies...

:banghead:

[freethought]

3. Just the opposite happened in Massachusetts

When gay marriage was legalized in the state of Massachusetts a healthy number of highly-skilled,highly-educated and very talented people moved to the state to so they could marry their partners with full legal protection bringing their skill and talents with them. They filled jobs that were previously empty and some became entrepreneurs. Massachusetts actually gained an economic edge because of the legalization of gay marriage. What was one state's loss became Massachusetts' advantage.

Take that N.O.M.!!!