Letter to NJ Senator Sacco on "NJ Senate Panel Approves Gay Marriage Bill"

Every once in a while I will promote a comment to a post when it makes a point which I feel needs to be shared more prominently with my readers. Reader Katie_Scarlett makes a sound fiscal point about why the State of New Jersey should support Gay Marriage. Certainly there are other reasons why this initiative should be supported but perhaps it could turn a few more moderate Republicans from the dark side of the force. I spoke with State Assemblyman Ruben Ramos last night at the tree lighting ceremony in Hoboken and he is indeed supporting a Gay Marriage Bill if it gets out of the Senate. He noted that if it gets out of the Senate chambers it stands a very good chance of  passing in the House. Every once in a while it is good to find common ground.

Here is Katie_Scalett's letter to Senator Sacco:

Letter to NJ Senator Sacco on "NJ Senate Panel Approves Gay Marriage Bill":

Mr. Sacco,

Although you don't represent my district, I hope that as a legislature of the state in which I live you'll consider my request.

I'm writing to you in the hopes that you will vote YES to the Freedom of Religion and Equality in Civil Marriage Act tomorrow.

Although I'm not personally a homosexual, I feel that it's time to allow any consenting and non-closely-related adult to marry in our state.

I believe that allowing gays to marry would clear up several questions of law, including legal guardianship, next of kin, inheritance rights & the authority to make medical decisions.

On a different note, I believe that allowing gays to marry has economic benefits as well. Allowing gay marriage in our State would promote positive economic growth for the State, something that I'm sure weighs heavily on your mind particularly during this year's budget meetings. One example of positive growth would come from the increase in collections from marriage license fees! Increased ceremonies would equate to increased wedding parties, and that would lead to increased sales revenues from venues that hold these parties, which would naturally need to increased tax collections. And let's not forget the potential new legal industry being born - gay divorce and custody cases. In these difficult economic times, increasing areas of legal practice should lead to more legal fees invoiced and received, which naturally leads to more state taxes collected.

I sincerely hope you'll vote YES tomorrow.

Thank you for your consideration.

- KS  (Katie_Scarlett) ◦

Letter to NJ Senator Sacco on "NJ Senate Panel Approves Gay Marriage Bill"