[rintense]

It will be interesting because at the heart of this are federal benefits, ie. leaving social security to a gay partner. The gay friends I have said this is the over riding issue for them- the ability to provide for their loved ones when they are gone.

Let the states decide, but it will ultimately become a federal issue.

I say let the American people decide.

[ClintonBeGone]

It will be interesting because at the heart of this are federal benefits, ie. leaving social security to a gay partner. The gay friends I have said this is the over riding issue for them- the ability to provide for their loved ones when they are gone.

Yes indeed. What it will allow is some AIDs infested person to marry a young stud while on his deathbed and allow the young stud to obtain federal benefits for the rest of his life.

[BikerNYC]

Yes, it's about benefits at the federal level. That's all the feds have to offer since they are not in the marriage business.

I remember in law school reading about Social Security cases that struck down rules which granted, for example, benefits to certain widows but not widowers in the same circumstances. I think it's going to be difficult for SCOTUS to uphold a rule which discriminates against some kinds of lawful marriages for the purpose of awarding benefits.