Comments on: Ruby-Sachs: Gay Weddings Make States Money? http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-gay-weddings-make-states-money/ The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Kari http://www.365gay.com/blog/ruby-sachs-gay-weddings-make-states-money/comment-page-1/#comment-57467 Kari Tue, 19 May 2009 05:10:50 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=7441#comment-57467 In a perfectly competitive market, discriminating firms are expelled from the marketplace because discriminating prevents them from being profit-maximizers. And since they are not acting as profit-maximizers, they will be driven out of business. Indeed, this isn't a new idea. In such a situation, we would have no need for laws to protect our rights; firms would universally acknowledge that we're equals because failure to do so would mean death for the firm. The only reason we even have this issue is because of imperfect competition either on the supply side, the demand side or both of a lot of markets. In any case, the case where same-sex marriage is legal is pareto-superior to where it is illegal... And thus *any* economist who has a grasp on reality would agree that same-sex marriage is a good idea. In a perfectly competitive market, discriminating firms are expelled from the marketplace because discriminating prevents them from being profit-maximizers. And since they are not acting as profit-maximizers, they will be driven out of business.

Indeed, this isn’t a new idea. In such a situation, we would have no need for laws to protect our rights; firms would universally acknowledge that we’re equals because failure to do so would mean death for the firm.

The only reason we even have this issue is because of imperfect competition either on the supply side, the demand side or both of a lot of markets.

In any case, the case where same-sex marriage is legal is pareto-superior to where it is illegal… And thus *any* economist who has a grasp on reality would agree that same-sex marriage is a good idea.

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