Benefits of gay marriage

MPs debate plans, opposed by many religious groups, for same-sex marriage next week. Ahead of that occasion, the government has published its assessment , external of the possible wider impacts. Here are eight ways it believes the bill might change things:. Lavish spending often accompanies a wedding, and so a large increase in the number of marriages taking place each year would create a significant boost to certain parts of the economy.

Prior to marriage equality, LGBTQ people had limited access to dependent health benefits compared to opposite-sex couples as there were no requirements that they be offered in the workplace. Some employers aimed to mediate this disparity, in part, by offering unmarried couples domestic partner health insurance benefits. Questions have since been raised about whether these benefits would remain following marriage equality and civil rights decisions. Access to employer-sponsored health insurance for same-sex couples was fundamentally transformed by the Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage United States v.

When Christie Caruso, 31, and Sarah West, 29, were planning their wedding, they knew it was going to be big. They married on July 1, , in Connecticut, decked out in beautiful white dresses and surrounded by bridesmaids and groomsmen in blue. For the pair, the day symbolised something more than a sweet ceremony and a big party: the acceptance of their love as a same-sex couple. In the four years since the US Supreme Court legalised same-sex marriage in all 50 states through the Obergefell v Hodges decision, same-sex marriage rates have climbed, and

Matthew D. Johnson was an unpaid consultant on an amicus brief in support of the petitioners in Obergefell v Hodges that was submitted by Owen C. Alana L. Riso does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.