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It's just been announced on the Boston six o'clock news that Dean Hara will not be entitled to former Massachusetts Congressman Gerry Studds's death benefits.
Though among the first to be married once same sex marriage was legalized in 2004 here in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this couple's union is not recognized by the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act which blocks it on the federal level.
Now clever of them to call it "defense of marriage" eh? (More like 'defense of discrimination' act)
Every other congressman's wife or husband is entitled to spousal benefits but not Studds's spouse.
It would have been roughly one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars a year for Hara.
Fucking charming little country aren't we?
Boston Globe article
Though among the first to be married once same sex marriage was legalized in 2004 here in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this couple's union is not recognized by the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act which blocks it on the federal level.
Now clever of them to call it "defense of marriage" eh? (More like 'defense of discrimination' act)
Every other congressman's wife or husband is entitled to spousal benefits but not Studds's spouse.
It would have been roughly one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars a year for Hara.
Fucking charming little country aren't we?
Boston Globe article