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Andrew Cuomo signed legally marry their partners, because these same Tlegislation granting lesbian and gay couples equal benefits are only provided to the legal spouses marriage rights, while new polls reveal that a of straight couples. Though this appears on the majority of all Americans now support marriage surface to treat gay and lesbian couples equally, equality. Two weeks ago, President Obama and the reality is that requiring legal marriage as a the Pentagon certified that the U.S. military condition for the benefits may have negative is now ready to allow gay and lesbian troops implications for the couple at the federal level. to serve openly in all branches of the armed Marriage has always been a prerogative of services. By the end of September, “Don’t Ask, the states. Michigan has one of the most radically Don’t Tell” will be history and soldiers will never homophobic marriage laws in the country. Not have to lie again about their sexual orientation in only does Michigan deny lesbian and gay couples order to serve their country. the right to legally marry, our law also has been Despite all the progress that has been interpreted as preventing public employers from achieved over the past few months, there offering domestic partner benefits to their gay still remain great challenges when it comes and lesbian employees. Just two weeks ago, to legal equality for LGBTs. While President the Michigan Supreme Court declined to take a Obama successfully ended the military’s DADT case involving the custodial rights of a lesbian to policy, fulfilling one of his 2008 campaign children she had helped raise, which effectively promises, he has so far denied those rights as been unsuccessful in well. persuading Congress to The only chance for It is right and good repeal the “Defense of that we celebrate the Marriage Act.” Given change on issues of important successes of the current partisan and 2011; they represent ideological makeup equality is to elect or significant milestones in of the U.S. Congress, the march toward equal especially the tea party- re-elect people who rights. All of us must stay dominated House involved in the struggle of Representatives, actually believe in ahead. Next year we will there is no chance that be voting for president, DOMA will be repealed equality. U.S. House, U.S. Senate, legislatively before the and the Michigan State 2012 elections. House. It is important All of this takes on added significance now to support candidates who support our rights. in light of the repeal of DADT and the passage President Obama, though imperfect on the issue of equal marriage rights in New York. DOMA of same-sex marriage, has stopped defending prohibits the federal government from offering DOMA in federal court. The president seems to benefits to same-sex couples or recognizing in be moving toward support for equal marriage any way a legal marital relationship between two rights and praised the new law in New York. people of the same gender in any state. While Most of the announced candidates for the 2012 gays and lesbians will now be able to serve Republican presidential nomination seek to openly in the military, their spouses/partners will enshrine discrimination against LGBTs in the not enjoy the same benefits that the heterosexual U.S. Constitution and in federal law. The only spouses of other soldiers receive. For example, chance for change on issues of equality is to straight members of the military do not have elect or re-elect people who actually believe in to worry about whether their partners will be equality. There is a difference between the two allowed to live with them in housing provided parties on issues of LGBT rights and it’s critical on a military base. Heterosexual soldiers also that we not ignore it. Let’s keep moving forward know that their spouses are eligible to receive toward real equality in our state and nation. health benefits through the military, and can access commissaries and other military base Human Rights Campaign’s “Call Out” page amenities. All of these benefits will be denied on GOP Presidential candidate, Rep. Michele to lesbian and gay soldiers as long as DOMA is Bachmann, R-MN: the law of the land. http://www.callitout.org/callitout/index.php/ New York, five other states, and the District actions/bachmanns_anti_gay_track_record of Columbia now provide equal marriage rights, Statement by President Obama on certification but lesbian and gay couples are still denied of DADT repeal: federal recognition of their unions. Thus, while http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press- a legally-married same-sex couple in New York office/2011/07/22/statement-president- is now entitled to file a joint state tax return, they certification-repeal-dont-ask-dont-tell must file separately as “single” under federal law. National Conference of State Legislatures’ list Though married couples in marriage equality of states that provide partial or equal marriage states do not have to pay state taxes on domestic rights, as of July 2011: partner benefits, they still have to pay federal http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=16430 taxes on them.
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