Same-sex Marriage for Economic Recovery

“Time is the best interpreter of every doubtful law.” —Herodotus

The American magazine Forbes has predicted that the U.S. national income would increase by $16.8 billion dollars if gay marriage were permitted in every state, because of the increase reflected in the wedding industry in America, which is currently estimated at $70 billion.

According to a Congressional Budget Office report, if ever the federal government, i.e. the American administration, allowed same-sex marriage in the 50 states, it would gain a billion dollars annually, as was published at the site Washington Report (issue number 164, 21 June 2008).

The decision on permitting gay marriage in America still seesaws between refusal and acceptance, but the decision of the California Supreme Court early this past June to refuse to postpone the decision until after the presidential election this November came as a slap in the face to the pressuring and protests which were led by several Christian organizations.

The coming of a decision might permit, as the Washington Report described it, the opening of doors closing off the dreams of thousands of homosexuals in America to officially formalize marriage contracts from June 17, 2008. A study prepared by the Williams Institute, which specializes in the study of sexual orientation and public policy, indicated that the decision will positively affect the revenues of California with an increase of $683 million over three years, and will create 21,781 jobs. The Williams Institute estimates the number of homosexual unions taking place before the presidential election this November at 20 thousand ceremonies, while the Institute study anticipates that more than 51,000 homosexuals, or half the 102,639 homosexuals in California alone, will wed within the next three years.

The number of homosexuals in six states (Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Texas, and North Carolina) is 124,771, according to statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Please understand that this topic is broached for the purpose of gloating over others as much as it is a stand from which we can derive lessons in the inconsistency of U.S. values and standards between its dealing with domestic affairs and its approach to the issues of other people.

According to the Washington Post newspaper and the Associated Press, same-sex marriage among both sexes has become legal in California and Massachusetts. This prompted American President George Bush to request a vote from the Senate on amending the Constitution so as to impose a federal ban on the practice, while political circles point out the impossibility of the President’s Constitutional amendment request obtaining two-thirds of the Senate vote. If the United States does not have the ability to change its legislation to honor the relationship between the sexes, then how can it demand that other nations change their laws, and call for equality between men and women and protect the rights of homosexuals?

These two incidents reveal the arrogance of America toward other countries-

First, when security men in one of the Gulf countries entered to arrest homosexuals who were celebrating their marriage in one of the hotel salons, and local authorities ordered hormone therapy for them, the American State Department suddenly condemned the arrest of those homosexuals and condemned the imposition of compulsory medical treatment, and called for the necessity of that Gulf country to adhere to international legal standards (Source: CNN Arabic, 9-12-2005).

Second, the American human rights organization, Human Rights Watch, demanded that one of the Arab countries not target homosexuals because of their sexual orientation, and likewise demanded that they amend the laws of the state to drop the crime of debauchery with no consequence.

The question which presents itself here is this: Why does the United States intervene and exert external pressure to destroy other peoples’ values and morals, while it is incapable of doing so in its own country? Marriage of gays and lesbians, forbidden in the revealed religions and faiths, has become protected by law in the United States, and it is gaining backers in order to revive the American economy affected by the rise in oil prices. What we fear is that the United States will issue its “queer” laws for us to implement under the banner of human rights and protecting the wishes of minorities and sexes… and those infatuated with its culture, demanding more openness and vulgar freedom, will be sympathetic to it.

The great country of America does not need failed lawyers to defend its reputation and question the information that condemns its policies. America has its embassies to protect its interests without people poking their nose in the matter.