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riqster

(13,986 posts)
Mon Mar 25, 2013, 10:22 AM Mar 2013

If You Oppose Gay Marriage, You Are a Hateful, Hypocritical Bigot. Period.

"The plaintiff in this week’s DOMA (“Defense Of Marriage Act”) case that hits the Supremes this Wednesday had $363,000.00 stolen from her by the government because, and only because, she was gay. No other reason. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Windsor

You see, Ms. Windsor (an early computer scientist with IBM) and her partner got married legally, and their marriage was recognized by the State of New York. But the Feds don’t recognize such unions, and after her wife died, she was obliged to fork over a third of a million dollars that she would not have had to pay had she been a straight married woman. Think of it as a “Gay Tax”."

More: http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/if-you-oppose-gay-marriage-you-are-a-hateful-hypocritical-bigot-period/

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