On November 9, 2010, Windsor v. United States was filed in New York on behalf of a surviving same-sex spouse whose inheritance from her deceased spouse had been subject to federal taxation as if they were unmarried. On June 6, 2012, Judge Barbara Jones ruled that based on rational basis

In 1996 the Defense of Marriage Act was passed to define marriage as only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word `spouse’ refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.” In September 2009 new

In March, 2013 the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Hollingsworth v. Perry. The Issue to be determined is: (1) Whether the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits the State of California from defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. (2) whether petitioners have

Will you reside in or out of the state the recognizes your marriage? Do the marriage laws of the state where you married differ from the state where you live. How should you address this? Are you planning to adopt or have children? Are you aware of the costs and