"The CBO estimate was ~ $ 1Billion/ year in additional costs for legalizing 600,000 gay marriages ."
"Well , HRC estimates that the costs would be negligable and that some governments would actually save money . They site many studies on the issue , which I have not taken the time to look up , as I think this sort of statistic is worthless . It is unreasonable to ask same-sex couples to pay for the marriage of opposite-sex couples without asking opposite-sex couples to return this payment . Still , you seem very concerned about it , so I will provide this link : http : //www.hrc.org/Template.cfm ? Sect ... entDisplay.cfm It is an interest group in favor of gay rights , yes , but that does n't make them wrong . I did have a link to an actual study on the topic , but I can not seem to find it . I 'm sure if I scoured the Internet more , I could come up with something ."
"The CBO estimate was ~ $ 1Billion/ year in additional costs for legalizing 600,000 gay marriages ."
"I think this sort of statistic is worthless"