http://www.feistyaphrodite.com/2008/04/tax-time-hits-gay-couples-harder/ Media Empowerment for Women, by Women Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:41:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.feistyaphrodite.com/2008/04/tax-time-hits-gay-couples-harder/#comment-385 Leland Traiman Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:23:49 +0000 http://www.feistyaphrodite.com/?p=694#comment-385 Gay couples can have all the same tax benefits as married couples if the Democrats win this November because they have pledged to support federal civil unions. Federal Civil Unions=Marriage Equality; State Same-sex Marriage Does Not. There is a myth that marriage has more rights than civil unions. That myth is born from the fact that civil unions have only been passed by states which have no power to grant the 1138 federal benefits of marriage. However, a federal civil union policy would. Senators Clinton & Obama support a federal civil unions policy. 48 million votes cast in 29 states, 32 million against same sex marriage, we lost 2 to 1. According to Jennifer SookneMizell of Marriage Equality USA, “Actually, we get more benefits in California in certain areas with domestic partnerships than the same gendered marrieds(sic) in Massachusetts get.” 45 states have laws or constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage. The choice is clear, federal civil unions are achievable, federal same-sex marriage is not. Federal Civil Unions=Marriage Equality Gay couples can have all the same tax benefits as married couples if the Democrats win this November because they have pledged to support federal civil unions. Federal Civil Unions=Marriage Equality; State Same-sex Marriage Does Not. There is a myth that marriage has more rights than civil unions. That myth is born from the fact that civil unions have only been passed by states which have no power to grant the 1138 federal benefits of marriage. However, a federal civil union policy would. Senators Clinton & Obama support a federal civil unions policy. 48 million votes cast in 29 states, 32 million against same sex marriage, we lost 2 to 1. According to Jennifer SookneMizell of Marriage Equality USA, “Actually, we get more benefits in California in certain areas with domestic partnerships than the same gendered marrieds(sic) in Massachusetts get.” 45 states have laws or constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage. The choice is clear, federal civil unions are achievable, federal same-sex marriage is not. Federal Civil Unions=Marriage Equality

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