At least one group is unhappy with Comptroller Bill Thompson's
report on the economic boom same-sex marriage could provide to the City.
The Coalition to Save Marriage in New York, a group of clergy and
attorney's working from the right on the issue, sent out a release
today criticizing Thompson's report as not only lacking in financial
sense but moral standing. And it does so in particularly harsh tones.
"Even if the Comptroller's
analysis were plausible, his report would by no means justify the reshaping of
our state's most basic social unit to accommodate the preferences of a small,
vocal special interest group. While same-sex weddings might
conceivably increase tourism, it goes without saying that the Legislature could
enact other laws--such as laws allowing prostitution--that might increase
tourism, but that would nonetheless be contrary to the best interests of our
state," says the release.
The full statement is after the jump.
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