USSC to hear cases on gay marriage.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

There should be no boon to getting married over being single, other than the enjoyment of spending your life with someone who makes you happy.
As a single person I hate the tax deductions married couple get over single people.

Depending on the two people's respective income some times it is boom, some times they pay more taxes by getting married. 

 

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

And the results are.....

NY case -- strike down DOMA.  If the state recognizes the marriage so will the feds. But no requirement that states recognized gay marriage. 

punt on the CA case....lack of standing.

[Fau Teixeira]

good results all around

punting the CA case means basically that prop 8 is overturned and that the district court ruling that it is unconstitutional stands as the law

[bsfins]

I'm very Happy for my gay friends,unfortunately I'm not sure how much it's going to change here...Missouri has a state DOMA in place,which at the moment complicates things...

[Fau Teixeira]

I'm very Happy for my gay friends,unfortunately I'm not sure how much it's going to change here...Missouri has a state DOMA in place,which at the moment complicates things...

Immidiately, gays that get married in an equal rights state get federal benefits even if they move to Missouri .. regardless of what missouri wants or doesn't.

In the long term the case precedent and text of the decision on DOMA can be and will be used by people in missouri to sue the state on equal protection grounds to get those laws overturned.

[masterfins]

Hmm, so does this mean gay married couples can file joint tax returns??

[Fau Teixeira]

Hmm, so does this mean gay married couples can file joint tax returns??

yes

[Sunstroke]

Anything that knocks a brick out of our country's wall of ignorance is a good thing, so I'm happy to hear this news...