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DOMA Is Not Roe V Wade
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Scott Spiegel
President Obama announced last week that his Attorney General Eric Holder would no longer be defending the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which passed in 1996. His declaration may have had something to do with the fact that Ninth Circuit Court Justice Stephen Reinhardt and federal trial judge Joseph Tauro of Massachusetts ruled across three separate cases in 2009 and 2010 that DOMA was unconstitutional.
http://ezinearticles.com/?DOMA-Is-Not-Roe-V-Wade
id=6014351 - Feb 28, 2011
Another Reason To Kill DOMA: College Financial Aid
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Larry M. Elkin
The New York Times looked at the federal student financial aid process and found bizarre results for kids from same-sex households. It makes no sense for two college students in identical financial circumstances to receive very different amounts of financial aid, merely because one comes from a household headed by a same-sex couple.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Another-Reason-To-Kill-DOMA:-College-Financial-Aid
id=6639501 - Oct 20, 2011
LGBT Real Estate and Tax Benefits Post DOMA
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Jeffery A Hammerberg
On June 26th, 2013, the Supreme Court finally scrapped the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA); the law signed by President Clinton in 1996 that consequently denied same-sex couples 1,138 federal privileges and programs that were available to opposite-sex couples. During a historic 5-4 decision the Supreme Court struck down this law that cost many LGBT couples thousands of dollars in taxes that could not be declared as well as many wasted hours doing unnecessary property tax returns. The law also sentenced LGBT spouses to a poverty-stricken old-age as they were not exempt from property taxes if an estate was passed on to them after their spouse's death.
http://ezinearticles.com/?LGBT-Real-Estate-and-Tax-Benefits-Post-DOMA
id=7835077 - Jul 02, 2013
Same Sex Marriage and Immigration
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Shawn Hu
Illinois is the latest in a small minority of states pushing same sex rights. The recently enacted "Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act" (the Act) would essentially afford civil unions between same sex couples the same benefits of married couples. The parties of a civil union would have almost identical rights and benefits of a married couple. Likewise, divorce and maintenance are very similar as well. This article discusses the conflict between state and federal laws, especially in immigration.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Same-Sex-Marriage-and-Immigration
id=6270548 - May 15, 2011
Defense Of Marriage Act Proves Indefensible
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Larry M. Elkin
President Obama, who is a former constitutional scholar, and his chief legal beagle had a belated but welcome epiphany yesterday: A president is not obliged to defend an indefensible law, and the Defense of Marriage Act is indefensible. In other words, just what I wrote in June 2009, after Obama and his Justice Department offered offensive justifications, including long-ago incestuous and adolescent marriages, for the federal government's refusal to recognize today's same-sex adult marriages that are valid under state or foreign law. When the gay community responded with outrage, Obama's minions asserted that an executive must defend any legislation...
http://ezinearticles.com/?Defense-Of-Marriage-Act-Proves-Indefensible
id=5991322 - Feb 24, 2011
Same Sex Couples Face Uncertainty When It Comes to Estate Planning
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Jim D Sarlis, Esq
Same sex marriage, now recognized by several states, is not recognized under federal law. This dichotomy has led to uncertainty and inconsistent outcomes, making planning difficult. Here, we discuss some estate tax implications.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Same-Sex-Couples-Face-Uncertainty-When-It-Comes-to-Estate-Planning
id=7343526 - Oct 29, 2012
Handling Taxes for Same Sex Couples
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Rob L Daniel
The issue of same sex marriages and the tax implications for such couples has continued to be in the limelight, especially as more states legalize same sex marriages and as more pressure mounts on the legal authorities to reconsider the legality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Same sex couples have differing tax implications as compared to heterosexual couples. These are some of these differences: Filing Federal Taxes According to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a marriage, for Federal purposes, is the union between a man and a woman.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Handling-Taxes-for-Same-Sex-Couples
id=6517698 - Aug 24, 2011
Evolving Under Pressure, Obama Endorses Gay Marriage
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Larry M. Elkin
Obama takes the plunge on same-sex marriage. Whether he jumped into the pool or was pushed does not really matter.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Evolving-Under-Pressure,-Obama-Endorses-Gay-Marriage
id=7054490 - May 10, 2012
A Possible War Between States Over Marriage
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Larry M. Elkin
Justices may force all states to honor same-sex marriages. Otherwise, expect marriage-rights states to demand reciprocity.
http://ezinearticles.com/?A-Possible-War-Between-States-Over-Marriage
id=7377367 - Nov 13, 2012
On Gay Immigration, GOP Gets In Its Own Way
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Larry M. Elkin
If it wants to have a future, the GOP can't be a party of just old white men. Start by backing equal immigration for gay spouses.
http://ezinearticles.com/?On-Gay-Immigration,-GOP-Gets-In-Its-Own-Way