Same-Sex Couples Must Plan Carefully
June 17, 2011Uncle Sam gives the best wedding presents. A Simon Pearce vase is divine, but it pales in comparison with the married filing jointly tax rates and unlimited marital estate tax deduction. Regrettably, even though they embody the same levels of love and commitment, same-sex couples do not receive these gifts from Uncle Sam. Financial planning for same-sex couples is rife with difficulties. Few states provide rights to same-sex couples, and …
Race Claims Echo In Gay Marriage Debate
September 1, 1996In this dreary summer of realpolitik I find it comforting to re-read Chief Justice Earl Warren’s opinion in the case of Loving vs. Virginia. Loving struck down laws against interracial marriage that were still on the books in 16 states in 1967. Another fourteen states had only recently repealed such laws when the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that those statutes violated the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the …
No ‘Defense’ In Fed Marriage Act
September 1, 1996Nasty things sometimes crawl out of legislative bodies in an election year. This year’s prime example is the “Defense of Marriage Act,” a bill that sailed through the House in July that would deny recognition of same-sex marriages. (Webmaster’s Note: The Senate approved the Defense of Marriage Act 85-14 on September 10, 1996 after this issue of Sentinel went to press. President Clinton signed the legislation into law on September …
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