Posted on 06/16/2004 7:28:02 AM PDT by KMC1
WASHINGTON D.C. - Saying that it will violate the Federal Law known as the "Defense of Marriage Act" (or DOMA), the Internal Revenue Service is declining recognition of same sex marriages on all federal income tax issues.
In a letter released yesterday the IRS confirmed that due to the law signed in 1996 by President Bill Clinton which states that "no state shall be forced to recognize" any union other than a man and a woman, they would not be able to allow same-sex unions to recieved "married" status on their returns or in the eyes of the federal department.
They even went as far as to say that even if a state recognizes such unions - that "recognition serves no effect for purposes under federal law".
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Thanks for the ping!
Ain't it SWEEEET!
Guy with the purple top looks like Kerry...
C. H. E. A. T.! ! ! ! !
hehe ! Yep ! And the other one looks a little like fat teddy too.
ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Thanks for the ping, Meek. I love it!
You bet. :^DLightning strikes right out of the blue ! I never saw this coming. I love it, too !
So, who is going to pay for the Congressional retirement plan? sKerry is for all of it...
Same thought I had. Was Kerry trying to sneak out of a nightclub a-la "La Cage aux folles"?
Just like plain folks...
ROFLOL!
The Clinton Legacy that just keeps on giving.
I suspect if same gender marriages are ever recognized nationally, employers will stop providing health and/or other benefits for spouses. I'm not sure how it would impact tax laws, but there would most definitely be some - perhaps no more married/filing jointly for anyone.
well, well, well. For once the IRS does something other than take our money.
*snicker*
Not to worry, some judge somewhere will declare it unconstitutional.
This sounds great and I am all for it, but I just know the liberals are going on a rampage to get the law changed from "marriage is woman and a man" to "two adults/persons". Get ready for a fight on this one!
The crap is about to hit the fan....and we had better take up this fight or it won't be pretty on the other side.
Laws are always subject to change.
Jesus said: "And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore, they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." -from THE BIBLE: Matthew 19:4-6
Imagine these guys parachuting out of a plane in full regalia and the enemy thinking as they float down.....
"They sent women???? Er um.....wait a minute......What the....oh oh.....they have guns....they have guns....LOL!
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