Mass. gay couples to NY: DOMA denies you benefits

[William769]

(Boston) As same-sex couples in New York prepare this weekend to tie the knot, their brethren in Massachusetts – the first state to legalize gay marriage – have some advice.
Enjoy the wedding because afterward, they will realize that there are 1,000 or so benefits gay couples can’t get because of the federal Defense of Marriage Act: Joint federal tax returns, federal health plans for spouses, and access to spouses’ federal pensions.

“Let them enjoy their joy, but they will soon realize that their marriage is not being seen equally at the federal level,” said Dorene Bowe-Shulman, who married her longtime partner, Mary, in 2004 in Massachusetts, the first state to legalize gay marriage.

New York’s law takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, with the state where the gay rights movement began more than 40 years ago joining five other states and the District of Columbia in legalizing same-sex marriage.

http://www.365gay.com/news/mass-gay-couples-to-ny-doma-denies-you-benefits/

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1. recommend

[HockeyMom]

2. Two things I hold against Bill Clinton

DOMA and NAFTA.

[Bluenorthwest]

3. Well, God is in the Mix! Here and in Ghana and in Norway!

God is in that Mix!

[RetiredTrotskyite]

4. And you KNOW Where Obama...

can stick that!!!!