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What It Means

1 July 2013 / / Comments Off on What It Means

The following is a guest article from one of my former coworkers. Michael has been with his partner Jim for several years.

By: Michael

A lot of my friends are asking the significance of the recent Supreme Court ruling of Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8.

Let me tell you what it means to Jim and I personally.

DOMA was deemed unconstitutional. This means Jim and I now get more than 1000 rights that are enjoyed by other straight married couples, but that we didn’t have.

This means that gay military families now get their military benefits. Federal employees get spousal benefits. For Jim and I, it means Jim will now have inheritance rights. Jim or I would have been taxed on inheriting the house, the cars, etc. Those are taxes that a straight married couple doesn’t worry about.
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Does Same Sex Marriage Have To Be Gay?

10 June 2013 / / One comment

One of my university colleagues posted a provocative question on his Facebook page. Scott was inspired by recent debates and laws about same-sex marriage and asked the following:

For your consideration. Does same sex marriage have to be “gay?” Considering the number of sexless and marriages of convenience, could two persons of the same sex be married and not gay?

Scott’s questions led to a robust conversation.

Jillian: You mean could two people not have sex and still be or want to get married? Yes. Being gay isn’t solely predicated on who you have sex with, but attraction and love.

Art: I was married for about 12 years. It was the same sex most of the time.
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