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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts) Wed Feb 1, 2012, 09:09 PM Feb 2012

Southern Poverty law Center suing VA over same sex marriage benefits...

"Tracey Cooper-Harris served for 12 years in the U.S. Army and received multiple commendations. But because she’s in a marriage with a person of the same sex, the government refuses to grant her the same disability benefits as heterosexual veterans.

In a federal lawsuit filed today, the SPLC challenged the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as well as the law that governs the Department of Veterans Affairs policy."

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http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/news/challenging-federal-policy-that-denies-equal-benefits-to-veterans-in-same-sex-marr

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Southern Poverty law Center suing VA over same sex marriage benefits... (Original Post) TreasonousBastard Feb 2012 OP

Good. qb Feb 2012 #1

I would hope that the next Democratic administration in 2013 would.. MarkCharles Feb 2012 #2

qb

(5,924 posts)

1. Good.

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 09:44 PM

Feb 2012

I think the repeal of DADT was the first domino.

MarkCharles

(2,261 posts)

2. I would hope that the next Democratic administration in 2013 would..

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Thu Feb 2, 2012, 09:40 AM

Feb 2012

just quietly make this go away by changing the V. A. policies to be equal.

It probably wasn't included in the DADT repeal legislation for fear of defeat.

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