IRS To Gay Newlyweds: Congrats And We Ain’t Changin’ A Thing
Gay married unions still aren’t legal in the eyes of the IRS, a policy that will cost them time and money during tax season.
Posts tagged: DOMA
Potential Gay Juror Ousted From Jury Selection For Gay Trial Gets Second Look
Miss thing is all good. As long as he doesn’t tell folks he’s gay when called to serve jury duty at a gay related trial. We all remember the craziness about Judge Vaughn Walker being called into question for his ability to make a fair ruling on Prop 8 by nutty conservatives. Well [...]
Thursday August 4th, 2011 in , constitution, discrimination, DOJ, DOMA, Eric Holder, gay jurer, LGBT rights | No Comments »
Pam Spaulding: A Bitter Racist White Gay Man Trapped In Black Lesbian’s Body
Pam Spaulding continues to attack Barack Obama on her blog Pam’s House Blend along with her mostly gay white male readership who seem to think race based attacks on the president is fair game.
Tuesday June 7th, 2011 in , Barack Obama, conservatives, DOMA, gay marriage, marriage equality, Pam Spaulding, Prop 8, racism, white gays | 39 Comments »
Obama Says DADT Repeal Implementation Months Not Years
Obama sits down and chats with the Advocate’s Kerry Eveleld about repeal and DOMA and makes Eleveld feel like she works for Washington Post instead of the Advocate (the interview was prior to Wednesday’s signing of DADT repeal into law.) Check out the following: From the Advocate: Obama: “Prepared to Implement” ADVOCATE EXCLUSIVE OBAMA INTERVIEW: [...]
Thursday December 23rd, 2010 in , DADT, DOMA, lgbt news, marriage equality, Military, Obama, Politics | 10 Comments »
DOMA Get’s Last Word On DADT Report: No Benefits, Recognition, For Same Sex Military Spouses
Anybody read Andrew Cohen’s take on Politicsdaily.com about the Pentagon DADT Repeal report? You should if repeal matters to you. While the good news of course is that most straight soldiers don’t have issue with their gay counterparts serving openly, the not so good news is that it doesn’t change much of anything in the way [...]
Gay Couple Marry In Flight Over Canada Where Same Sex Marriage Is Legal
From MSNBC: Passengers on a red-eye woke up to an announcement more interesting than the typical “fasten your seatbelts” as they approached New York early Thursday: Two men had gotten married on board overnight when the captain briefly flew over Canada, where gay marriage is legal. “The head flight attendant made the annoucement on the [...]
Read Complaint Docs Of Challenges To DOMA Filed In Connecticut And New York
From New York Law Journal: The 81-year-old widow of a same-sex partner filed suit in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday challenging the government’s refusal under the Defense of Marriage Act to recognize her Canadian marriage. Edith Windsor, the sole beneficiary of Thea Spyer’s estate, has been forced to pay $363,053 in federal estate taxes because [...]
