Photo: Smart Photo Courses / Tom Pumford / Flickr Same-sex weddings have boosted state economies by an estimated $3.8 billion since marriage equality was legalized nationwide, according to a new study.
The Supreme Court’s landmark Obergefell v. Hodges ruling struck down bans on same-sex nuptials across the U.S. in 2015., and the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law has analyzed the economic impact since the ruling in terms of wedding spending by same-sex couples.
The study found that of the estimated 513,000 married same-sex couples in the U.S., more than half married after the Obergefell ruling.
Those 293,000 couples spent an estimate $3.2 billion on their weddings, with guests from out of state generating an additional $543.8 million
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