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RECENT STUDIES
 Marriage,
Registration and Dissolution by Same-sex Couples in the U.S.
By Gary J.
Gates, M.V. Lee Badgett, and Deborah Ho
July 2008
This study analyzes data from states that have extended
legal recognition to same-sex couples. Analyses show that
same-sex couples want and use these new legal statuses.
Furthermore, they react more enthusiastically when marriage
is possible. More than 40% of same-sex couples have formed
legal unions in states where such recognition is available.
Same-sex couples prefer marriage over civil unions or
domestic partnerships. In the first year that marriage was
offered in Massachusetts, 37% of same-sex couples there
married. In states that offered civil unions, only 12% of
same-sex couples took advantage of this status in the first
year and only 10% did so in states with domestic partnership
registries.
 Testimony
on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
By Gary J.
Gates
July 2008
In this memo, submitted to a congressional
subcommittee, Williams Institute Senior Research Fellow Gary
Gates finds that an estimated 65,000 lesbian, gay, and
bisexual (LGB) people are currently serving in the U.S.
Armed Forces; in the absence of "Don't Ask/Don't Tell" (DADT),
an additional 41,000 gay and bisexual men might eventually
join the military; and the military could expect an
additional 3,000 personnel to retain their positions each
year if they could serve openly and not be subject to DADT
restrictions.
 The
Impact of Extending Marriage to Non-Resident Same-Sex
Couples on the Massachusetts Budget
By M. V. Lee Badgett and R.
Bradley Sears
June 2008
This memo explores how the
economic benefits of allowing same-sex couples to marry are
limited by the current policy of forbidding out-of-state
same-sex couples to marry in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. Using information from Massachusetts as well
as data on tourist spending and wedding spending compiled
from industry sources, we find that this policy reduces
spending for Massachusetts. The analysis
suggests that allowing non-resident same-sex couples to
marry by August 1, 2008, would boost the Massachusetts
economy by a total of $111 million over a three year period,
or $37 million each year; increase Massachusetts state and
local revenues by over $5.1 million over a three year
period, or $1.75 million per year; and create and sustain
approximately 330 new jobs in the state for the next three
years.
 The
Impact of Extending Marriage to Same-Sex Couples on the New
Jersey Budget
By Brad Sears and M.V. Lee Badgett
June 2008
This
analysis estimates the impact of allowing same-sex couples
to marry on New Jersey's state budget. Using the best data
available, we estimate that
over the next three years the direct spending from same-sex
couples on weddings and tourism will boost the state economy
by over $248 million. This spending will create and sustain
over 800 new jobs in New Jersey and generate
$19 million for State and
local government revenues.
 The
Impact of Extending Marriage to Same-Sex Couples on the
California Budget
By Brad Sears and M.V. Lee Badgett
June 2008
This
analysis estimates the impact of allowing same-sex couples
to marry on California's state budget. Using the best data
available, we estimate that
over the next three years, the direct spending from same-sex
couples on weddings and tourism will boost the state economy
by over $683.6 million. This spending will create and
sustain over 2,178 new jobs in California and generate
$63.8 million for
State and local government revenues.
Census Snapshots
This
series of studies written by various Williams Institute
researchers provides state-level demographic and economic information
about same-sex couples and same-sex couples raising children
across the country.
Eventually, the series will include all 50 states,
Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. Please
click on one of the following states to read the full
report:
Alaska,
Alabama,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
California,
Colorado,
Connecticut,
Delaware,
District of Columbia,
Florida,
Georgia,
Hawaii,
Idaho,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Montana,
Nebraska,
Nevada,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Oregon,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Utah,
Vermont,
Virginia,
Washington,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin,
Wyoming.
Puerto Rico.
The United States.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Whither the Court
UCLA School of Law
August 25, 2008
A
Historic Summer for Same-Sex Marriage
Washington D.C. Policy Circle
September 9, 2008
THE WILLIAMS
INSTITUTE
IN THE NEWS
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