TASMANIANS are being urged to count the gains of a gay wedding industry, with the state’s House of Assembly set to become the first Australian chamber to back same-sex marriage.
Lobbyists Australian Marriage Equality pointed to financial benefits for some states in the US when they legalised same-sex marriage, and claimed thousands of couples seeking wedlock would flock to the island state.
”Small business will benefit from the wedding spend of same-sex couples … and Tasmania will benefit from an increase in immigration of the highly skilled creative class,” said the group’s national convener, Alex Greenwich.
