When they’re not busy writing and filing briefs and other
petitions related to either of our two DOMA lawsuits – and there seem
to be many filings lately, as the cases inch toward resolution – our DOMA legal
team tries to find time to do public education about this discriminatory law’s
effect on married same-sex couples.
Today, GLAD Senior Staff Attorney Vickie Henry has a guest
post up at Peter Reilly’s Passive
Activities blog over at Forbes.com.
The post discusses what steps seniors in same-sex marriages can take now to
preserve their rights regarding Social Security so that when DOMA is finally
tossed out – either in the courts or by Congress – they’ll be better able to
access the fullest array possible of benefits. As Vickie writes in her post,
“It’s not too soon to start planning for the day of DOMA’s undoing.”
In the meantime, we’re working hard to overturn DOMA as soon
as possible, and crossing our fingers that the U.S. Supreme Court will accept
the petitions for review in our Gill
lawsuit. Will this case be heard in the Court’s 2012-2013 session? Stay tuned.
When you’re done with Vickie’s Social Security post, peruse
Peter’s blog and check out his older posts on DOMA
and other LGBT issues. With its emphasis on tax issues and other financial
topics – Peter is a CPA and a Massachusetts resident -- Passive Activities
usually has a unique angle on the issues we’re litigating, so you’ll always
learn something new.
My favorite is the post
in which he compared GLAD to the iconic fictional attorney Perry Mason.
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