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Hey Congress, Why Don’t You…? Gay Marriage

2 September 2009

Gideon Alper, who publishes the Gay Couples Law Blog, which discusses new developments in same-sex family law and estate planning, writes: The IRS should recognize gay marriages not just as a matter of equality, but also to encourage socially beneficial behavior in gay relationships. Fred Silberberg, a Los Angeles attorney that has practiced family law [...]

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Not Such a Gay Ol’ Time in California

9 October 2008

When all else fails, hit ‘em in the pocketbook… This week, supporters of Proposition 8, which would ban gay marriage in California, released an ad, pictured above. The ad claims that under current law, gay marriage would be promoted in public schools and warned that churches which opposed same-sex unions would lose their tax exempt [...]

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Does the IRS discriminate against unmarried couples?

6 March 2008

Does the IRS discriminate against unmarried couples? I’m specifically referencing same sex couples in this post because, while traditional unmarried couples may encounter the same kinds of difficulties with the Service, they have an “out” that same sex couples don’t have: marriage. At my firm, we represent same sex couples in a number of tax [...]

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