Civil Unions Test H&R Block, Nation

[JackBeck]

America’s contrived civil unions can be so taxing!

Just ask Jason Smith and Settimo Pisu, a civil unionized couple from Hartford, Connecticut.

The boys tried to file their taxes on H&R Block’s TaxCut Online website, but received quite a rude message: “We don’t support Connecticut civil union returns.” When will the internet learn manners?

Connecticut passed civil union laws over three years ago, but the national tax company has yet to update their online system. Instead, it directed them to a local H&R Block office or an “online professional,” which apparently costs a pretty pink penny.

The perfectly suburban Smith and Pisu are incensed. As they should be…

Said Smith via the ACLU:

This is yet another example of the many ways that civil unions just don’t live up to marriage. it really stung when I realized it would cost an additional $150 dollars to have our tax returns prepared. We’re saving for a house and hoping to start a family, so every penny counts right now.

more at: http://www.queerty.com/civil-unions-test-hr-block-nation-20080325/

[JackBeck]

1. Kick to highlight the ineffectiveness of civil unions.