Border States Benefit from Marriage Equality
Massachusetts and Connecticut are reaping the rewards of offering marriage equality.

In five years, the Bay State has reaped more then $111 million in economic benefits from gay and lesbian weddings, with the average ceremony running about $7,400 with many topping out over $20,000.

Meanwhile, many New Yorkers are hitting the rails and heading to Connecticut to marry.

All 69 same-sex couples married in Greenwich, CT, in 2009 were from out of state and neighboring Stanford has had 71 gay and lesbian weddings for non-residents since marriage equality became the law last November.

These weddings represent money and tax dollars that could come to New York, if only marriage were available to all New York couples.