Many individuals' idea of ​​conventional marriage was simply seen as a sacred union shared between a male and a female. People who oppose gay marriage believe that legalizing gay marriage has no positive effect on economic issues. To prove others wrong, one example is that gay marriage had an economic impact in New Jersey that raised $248 million in 3 years creating approximately 800 new jobs and adding $19 million to government funding. (Vespa-Papaleo) "The Comptroller for New York City found that legalizing gay marriage would bring $142 million to the city's economy and $184 million to the state's economy over three years." (Thompson) Money for a legal marriage license requires money that creates a higher tax revenue outcome and decreases state benefits program costs. (Perry) Every individual should be equal and have the same rights and should not be limited by the right to marry anyone they choose and therefore same-sex marriage should be legalized. Gay marriage allows couples who wish to adopt children more easily, allowing children in need to be adopted. stable homes, an adequate family to take care of them. As stated in Pediatrics, studies revealed that children of lesbian moms scored higher than children with heterosexual parents in terms of social and academic competence and had fewer social problems. (Gartrell) This indicates that homosexual couples are capable of raising children even if they are not of the same blood. Ezra Klein had expressed his opinion as: “We should ask gay couples to adopt children. We should see this as a great benefit that gay marriage could bring to children who need nothing more than two loving parents." (Klein) Instead of letting children live their entire lives in foster care waiting for heterosexual parents a... .center of article ......et al., "The Legal, Medical, Economic, and Social Consequences of New Jersey's Civil Union Law," www.nj.gov, December 10, 2008Nanette Gartrell, MD, and Henny Bos, PhD, “National Longitudinal Study of U.S. Lesbian Families: Psychological Adjustment of 17-Year-Old Adolescents,” Pediatrics, July 7, 2010 Ezra Klein, “Sorry, Justice Scalia: There Is No Evidence That Parents gays are not great parents,” Washington Post .com, March 27, 2013Kathryn Perry, “The Cost of Gay Marriage – In Dollars and Cents,” Christian Science Monitor, May 27, 2009Bruce Peterson, JD, Majority Opinion, “Baker v. Nelson,” www.marriagelawfoundation.org , October 15, 1971 Nate Silver, “Divorce Rates Higher in States with Gay Marriage Bans,” www.fivethirtyeight.com, January 12, 2010 William C. Thompson, Jr., “Love Counts : The Economic Benefits of Marriage Equality for New York,” www.comptroller.nyc.gov, June 2007