text:  He told me they undertook this report, Brad, because this is no longer a guessing game. There's concrete scientific evidence now about the impacts that this change had. Benefits to the mental health of same-sex couples, to the economic well-being of same-sex couples who are more likely to apply for mortgages and make more money in their household income. The children of same-sex couples did better when their parents were allowed to marry than when their parents were forbidden from marrying.