New York Times: Denied the freedom to marry, same-sex couple’s "lifetime cost of being gay" can rise to as much as $467,562

New York Times
October 4, 2009
Much of the debate over the Freedom to Marry has focused on God and Scripture, the Constitution and equal protection. Finances, however, are also a big issue. For years, we’ve heard from same-sex couples about all the extra health, legal and other costs they bear because they can't marry. So we set out to determine what they were and to come up with a round number — a couple’s lifetime cost of being gay can reach as high as $467,562 [Link]