We’ve debated the merits of same-sex marriage to no end. What about the potential economic impact of marriage equality? In our lead column, an economics professor offers a perspective based on a study of wedding expenses and related economic factors as compiled by the Williams Institute of UCLA. The other column questions the concept of same-sex marriage as “the new normal.”

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