November 29th, 2012
08:01 PM ET
9 years ago
U.S. Supreme Court looks at whether to take up same-sex marriage
(CNN) - Edith "Edie" Windsor lost her spouse in 2009, her grief compounded by an estate tax bill much larger than other married couples would have to pay.
Because her decades-long partner was also a woman, the federal government in legal terms did not recognize the same-sex marriage, even though their home state of New York did.
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all those on the right who crave smaller government should be in favor of letting people love and marry who they want WITHOUT the government having anything to do or say about it. But then again there's that conservative religious thingy they throw around as well.
Let's see if the Supreme Court will take this case seriously. Will the members be able to leave their ideologies at the Court House door?
eweee, bad bad bad US Government.. The Supers gotta change dat...
It's hard to believe that the nation we call greatest on earth, lets this type of unequality go on unchecked! This is not just a social /moral issue, but a civil & human rights issue! Marginalizing the LGBT community is socially, morally & humanly wrong! I don't care how many scriptures claim it to be an "abomination," we don't make laws according to the bible, so why is that even a part of the discussion!? The right thing to do is to stop the "equal but separate" treatment & adhere to the const.itution, which states "all men (people) are created equal"! I think even God would agree w/that!!