furrbear | Palm Springs-area Resort Wants to Be 'One-Stop Shop" for Gay Males Couples' Weddings

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gordreece for this:

CBS New reports a UCLA study that pegs the dollar impact of Gay Marriage to CA's economy at close to $700 million:

Same-sex weddings could create hundreds of new jobs and pump hundreds of millions of dollars into California’s economy, according to a new study released Monday.

Gay couples are projected to spend $684 million on flowers, cakes, hotels, photographers and other wedding services over the next three years - so long as voters don’t put a halt to the same-sex marriage spree, according to a study by the Williams Institute at University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.

During the three-year period, the researchers project that about half of the state’s more than 100,000 same-sex couples will get married and another 68,000 out-of-state couples will travel to California to exchange vows. The nuptial rush is expected to create some 2,200 jobs.

The study estimates that over the next three years, gay weddings will generate $64 million in additional tax revenue for the state, and another $9 million in marriage-license fees for counties.

That's more than 100 couples per day over three years.

So far, at least one Palm Springs area gay "resort"*, has already packaged a full-service wedding concierge service. I wonder what kind of blip this will create for Riverside county's number of same-sex nuptials. Knowing the place, I got a good laugh out of this. I had expected this to occur, but didn't expect it this soon.

*CCBC (Cathedral City Boys Club) is a gay resort that is clothing optional. On the slightly seedy side, but clean. Actually it's an open air bathhouse with a pool and SM room.

And to think, I joked with a friend three weeks ago that the most difficult part of planning a bear wedding is whether the orgy should be after the rehearsal dinner or part of the reception. I guess this answers that with a resounding BOTH!