Marriage Equality – A Lost Opportunity (for now)
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 08:25 In 1931, when Nevada re-legalized gambling, it also loosened restrictions on both marriage and divorce. These decisions were made primarily to give the state a leg-up on other states in terms of making money from folks who would be willing to hop over state lines to tie (or cut) the knot. Nevada was looking for a way to minimize job loss during the Great Depression and created the Vegas Wedding industry in the process.Around 120,000 marriage ceremonies are now performed here each year -- an average of 10,000 each month. That's over 300 weddings a day.
While the wedding industry was often thought to be recession proof, we have learned the reality that is it is only recession resistant. Many Las Vegas and Reno wedding professionals now struggle to keep their doors open and some are out of business. Nevada had a great chance to not only overcome the slowdown but to leap forward expanding opportunity for hundreds of local businesses. Unfortunately, that was halted when the public voted to ban same-sex marriages here.
It is reasonable to assume that tens of thousands of gay couples 
from around the world would have chosen Fabulous Las Vegas (as well as Mellow Tahoe) for weddings – from civil to lavish. Local, county and state tax revenues would have soared – and lots of jobs would have been created in the private sector.
Sadly, it would now take a statewide public vote – twice – to overcome this poorly-thought-through ban. Still, it should be done.
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