So I start my morning a bit groggy as usual and begin my morning routine. Read email, check, go to sfgate.com and check out the news.
Whoa, they’ve finally realized that legalized gay marriages could stimulate our economy. Yeah, OK, duh. I’ve been saying this all along. I guess because being born and raised in San Francisco I’ve known a lot of gay people. I’ve also noticed that once they hit their 30’s they seem to have more money than most of the straight people.
They usually don’t have kids, so there’s one less money suck. They don’t have a problem dressing fashionably well which helps them land jobs in the higher paying sectors, and of course, they love to shop!
All of my gay friends had iPhones long before I did, they had flat screen HDTV’s long before I did. They’ve got money and they’re ready to spend.
San Francisco being the Mecca for gay culture [why exactly is Mecca always used as an example of the “place to be?”] We would reap untold rewards by legalized gay marriage. The money that would pour into this city as the “place to be” for a gay marriage would make our coffers explode to the point that San Francisco would start considering becoming it’s own nation state. The derogatory term, “San Francisco Values” would then been driving home from work in your new BMW because last years is so 10 minutes ago, putting food on the table and paying your bills while surfing the net on your iPad in front of your 50″ flat screen HDTV home theater unit while sipping a fabulous 83′ Cabernet from Napa.
That doesn’t exactly sound like we suck. If California legalizes gay marriage and pot we could easily become the #2 economy in the world. We would become an even bigger draw than Las Vegas. Donald Trump would take up a residence here and New York would become an unhip wasteland.
I’ve been in favor of gay marriage since I can remember and I’m a straight guy. I don’t have a problem with it and I can see the benefits we can derive from it. Oh, by the way, if any of you need a Universal Life Church minister to officiate at your wedding I’ll do a fabulous job…for a small fee. 😉