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Regardless of the fact he was physically male, Thomas has always maintained that he is a girl. Read the Full Story
Rev. Kathry Cartledge and Elizabeth Eve were denied a marriage license for the second time. Read the Full Story
Today is the day the the military ban on gays, lesbians and bisexuals serving finally ends. Read the Full Story
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Rebecca Rehm and Judi Burgess work hard at their jobs. They have a lovely two-year-old daughter, Beau, and a cozy farmhouse with a yard and garden in a small town west of Boston. But despite all of this the federal government denies them something fundamental—recognition that they are legally married in their home state of Massachusetts.
“We’re a very ordinary family,” says Rebecca, who runs the public education program at a genetics center at Partners HealthCare. “Boring, actually. And we like that.”
But ordinary doesn’t mean that life is easy or even that the federal government treats them like other married couples. They have worries, and they are often reminded of their second-class status as a married couple.
Because the federal government does not consider them married Rebecca had to pay federal taxes on the value of the health insurance Judi received through Partners. Judi switched back to her own employer’s plan—now she pays thousands more each year for less comprehensive coverage. The family loses thousands more dollars each year because the federal government denies Judi and Rebecca the right to file their federal taxes jointly as a married couple.
“Every year we lose money that we could be using for family expenses or setting aside for Beau’s college fund,” says Rebecca. “It’s a yearly penalty and a reminder that in the eyes of the federal government we are not equal to other married couples.”
“One of the reasons we got married,” Rebecca says, “was to have the legal protection our relationship deserved and to prepare our family for the future. The federal government’s double standard for our family means we will never be as prepared as other married couples.”
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