Hi there, This week had two days of arguments on gay marriage at the Supreme Court. The first case dealt with a challenge to the California law known as Prop. 8, which overturned the California Supreme Court’s allowance of gay marriage. The second case was of more interest to us here in Massachusetts as it dealt with… Continue Reading
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Defense of Marriage Act and Social Security
Posted in Court Decisions, Same Sex MarriageHi there, An important date in the DOMA battle is coming up soon. On November 30, the Supreme Court will announce whether it will be taking up the matter in its next term. In light of that, there is considerable discussion of what gay and lesbian married couples should do to maximize their rights should DOMA… Continue Reading
A Fascinating Challenge to DOMA
Posted in Gay MarriageHi there, Coming up this Thursday is the oral argument before the Federal Court in the GLAD challenge to the Federal Defense of Marriage Act. I am someone who is strongly (fervently) in favor of gay marriage. Single sex adoption has been around for a long time and I had thought that the successful challenge for gay marriage… Continue Reading
Here we go again!
Posted in Gay MarriageHi there, According to the New York Times, the highest court in New York will hear arguments on whether or not New York will honor marriages between gay and lesbian couples that are legal elsewhere. I was taught in law school that the constitution requires states to give "full faith and credit" to the laws… Continue Reading
Lawsuit Against the Federal Defense of Marriage Act
Posted in Gay MarriageHi there, Since we learned yesterday that Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is filing a law suit against the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), speculations have been flying about what this means and what will happen. The lawsuit questions the constitutionality of Section 3 of the law, which defines the word "marriage" as "a… Continue Reading
Maine Passes Gay Marriage Law
Posted in Alimony, Gay MarriageHi there, It is exciting to see the New England states recognizing the fairness of allowing gay folks to marry. It is a huge step and where people can marry they also inevitably will pay taxes and some of them will later divorce. In these areas much inequity still remains. The Defense of Marriage Act… Continue Reading