Would a statute that defined sufficient provocation for "sudden quarrel" or "heat of passion" to exclude gay and trans panic defenses violate defendants' due process rights? No. In determining whether such a statute violated a defendants' due process rights, a court would follow the U.S. Supreme Court's reasoning in Montana v. Egelhoff, 518 U.S. 37 (1996), which upheld a Montana statute prohibiting consideration of a defendant's voluntary intoxication in determining the mens rea element of any criminal offense.

This analysis, co-authored by the Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies (IGLSS) and UCLA’s Williams Project on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, estimates the impact of allowing same-sex couples to marry on New Hampshire’s state budget. Using the best data available, we estimate that allowing same-sex couples to marry will result in a net gain of approximately $500,000 each year for the State. This net impact will be the result of savings in expenditures on state means-tested public benefits programs and an increase in meals and room tax revenues from increased wedding-related tourism.

This study finds that giving marriage rights to same-sex couples in Connecticut will have a positive impact on the state budget. The study estimates that the state would save at least $3 million per year and as much as $13 million if same-sex couples could marry. Civil unions will result in more than $2 million per year in savings.

This analysis by UCLA’s Williams Institute estimates the impact on Oregon’s state budget of introducing same-sex domestic partnerships. Using the best data available, we estimate that allowing same-sex couples to enter domestic partnerships will result in a net gain of approximately $1.5 million to $3.7 million to the State’s biennial budget.1 This net impact will be the result of savings in expenditures on state means-tested public benefit programs and an increase in state income tax revenue.

This analysis estimates the impact of allowing same-sex couples to marry on Washington’s state budget. Using the best data available, we estimate that allowing same-sex couples to marry will result in a net gain of approximately $3.9 million to $5.7 million each year for the State. This net impact will result from savings in expenditures on state means-tested public benefits programs and from an increase in sales tax revenue from weddings and wedding-related tourism.

This analysis by UCLA’s Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, estimates the impact of allowing same-sex couples to marry on New Mexico’s state budget. Using the best data available, we estimate that allowing same-sex couples to marry will result in a net gain of approximately $1.5 million to $2 million each year for the State. This net impact will be the result of savings in expenditures on state means-tested public benefit programs and an increase in sales and lodging tax revenue from weddings and wedding-related tourism.