The Economic Value of Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
By M.V. Lee Badgett
October 2010
In the five states and the District of Columbia that allow same-sex couples to marry, tens of thousands same-sex couples have taken advantage of the opportunity. The demand for marriage shows same-sex couples find marriage to be a valuable status, and studies of same-sex couples suggest they are quite similar to different-sex couples in both the economic and social needs that lead them to marry.
Click here for a copy of the study as published in the Drake Law Review, 2010.