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	<title><![CDATA[How The Gays Can Save Us]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-lublin/how-the-gays-can-save-us_b_169268.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>I've got a simple, cost-free proposal for stimulating the economy: legalize gay marriage.</p>

<p>Forget your politics. Shelve your bigotry. Just listen to the numbers....</p>

<p>The average American wedding costs $20,000. The number of gay couples living together without the benefit of marriage is estimated at 3 million. Using those numbers, same-sex marriages could pump an estimated additional $60 billion in revenue into our ailing economy. That doesn't even include money from the pre-wedding parties, honeymoons, or wedding registries. (Pottery Barn is going...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-02-23T16:47:00-05:00</date_published>
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