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Mass. city first to pay wedded gay workers to offset tax

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:00:13 +0000

(Cambridge, Mass.) When the city of Cambridge issues paychecks to its public employees, nearly two dozen workers find a federal tax on their income that their colleagues don’t have to pay.

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Tuesday Watercooler: Lesbian judge nominated for highest Mass. court

CStottlemyer — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:00:01 +0000

Top Massachusetts court could see first gay judge

Barbara A. Lenk was nominated by Gov. Deval Patrick on Monday to serve on the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Lenk is openly gay and(...)

Bigotry Watch: Why the GOP’s anti-abortion bill is a tax hike on gays and lesbians

David Badash — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:00:22 +0000

Despite months and months of promises to focus on “jobs, jobs, jobs!,” the GOP has not put forth a single bill that will create a single job.

Instead, this year they are wasting their entire(...)

DADT in danger as GOP sends ‘drop dead’ letter

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:30:41 +0000

Republicans say they’re trying to create “an environment for private-sector job growth;” Rep. Barney Frank says they’re just trying to stop repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

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Hawaii anti-gay Christian group handed tax bill

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:30:24 +0000

A Christian “charity” called the Hawaii Family Forum – which helped lead the fight against civil unions – now owes the government $20,741 in taxes for “excessive lobbying,” says the IRS

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Germany considering income tax equality for gay couples

logointern1 — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:00:54 +0000

(Berlin) Germany’s justice minister says she is considering changes to income tax laws to iron out disadvantages for gay couples.

Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger told Thursday’s edition of(...)

German court rules for gay inheritance tax equity

logointern1 — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:30:25 +0000

Germany has had civil unions since 2001, but gay couples had higher inheritance taxes than their straight counterparts. Reuters reported that gay widows and widowers could be taxed up to 20(...)

Calif. seeks tax equity for gay married couples

logointern1 — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:15:57 +0000

The California legislature passed a resolution asking the IRS to tax same-sex spouses and domestic partners the same way it taxes heterosexual married couples.

The resolution, AJR29, passed the(...)

Proposed bill will grant greater tax equity to NY gay couples

logointern2 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:00:48 +0000

New York assemblyman Daniel O’Donnel introduced a bill Tuesday that would grant greater tax equity to gay and lesbian couples.

Current state law forbids gay couples from filing joint income(...)

IRS to grant greater tax equity to gay couples

logointern2 — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:31:53 +0000

LGBT advocacy group, Equality California (EQCA) released a statement Wednesday praising the new IRS policy granting greater tax equity to same-sex couples.

The new policy calls for federal(...)