Originally Posted by Hiraku

"The economic impacts will be huge," said David Paisley, a senior projects manager at Community Marketing Inc.

Estimates suggest that gay weddings will pump $684 million into the California economy in three years, said Lee Badgett, research director of the Institute on Sexual Orientation, Law & Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles.

"I think you're going to see tens of thousands of couples and their families descend on San Francisco," Mayor Gavin Newsom said. "People are looking at this as an opportunity to come and support their families, their partners and also the city's economy."

The real reason they aurthorized Gay Marriage its just for the money.