Posted on 08/29/2013 12:07:12 PM PDT by GIdget2004
The government is issuing the regulations needed to allow gay couples married in states that recognize same-sex marriages to file joint federal tax returns.
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says the new rules will provide "clear, coherent tax filing guidance for all legally married same-sex couples nationwide."
Lew said the regulations also make clear that legally married same-sex couples will be able to move freely throughout the country and their federal tax filing status will not change.
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So this is what Obama is concentrating on as war with Syria looms....
Get ready for the lawsuits to now push these states to legally recognize these perverted unions now that the fed government does - count on it.
True. The "full faith and credit" meme is just a pretext to push the liberal agenda when it suits them. What about the MAJORITY of states which don't recognize these constructs? How come OUR right to project our state laws into these other leftist states doesn't matter?
Coming from the feds, this is a surprising but welcome acknowledgement of 10th Amendment protected state power to regulate marriage. (Note that the Supreme Court did not strike down a major part of DOMA regardless what currupt media wants everybody to think.)
And for those patriots who think that one-man, one-woman marriage should be the law of the land as I do, contact your local, state and federal government representatives to propose an amendment to the Constitution which would make traditional marriage the law of the land.
One the other hand, I don't think that we're going to see any new amendments to the Constitution in the forseeable future (sorry Mr. Levin), but that's ultimately what it's going to take to protect traditional marriage imo.
It's does nothing of the sort. This move IMPOSES another state's laws onto other states, in violation of Section 2 of DOMA, which still stands.
So higher income “married” gays now get to experience the federal “marriage penalty”?
Loving it!!
Thank you for voicing your concern.
We're talking about federal tax regulations, not state tax regulations. The states that have actually read the Constitution know that they are still free to discriminate against any criterion which the states have not amended the Constitution to protect, so-called gay rights not protected by the Constitution.
The criteria/allowance simply goes from a gene determination to a behavior determination.
From the IRS website:
Individuals who were in same-sex marriages may, but are not required to, file original or amended returns choosing to be treated as married for federal tax purposes for one or more prior tax years still open under the statute of limitations.
So, the law is made retroactive to a period BEFORE the supreme court decision was issued. What an arrogant, lawless administration this is. We have no obligation whatsoever to obey it.
“Thank you,” Justice Kennedy, for opening the floodgates of perversion upon this nation.
You’ve got that right. All this does is set a uniform federal policy, needed once SCOTUS gutted DOMA. It does not impact the laws or regulations of any individual state. Yet.
Individuals who were in same-sex marriages may, but are not required to, file original or amended returns choosing to be treated as married for federal tax purposes
Serious equal protection problem.
This new IRS policy is the biggest hammer yet given to the sodomites to wage a powerful attack against ALL sane states. What other status is more recognized that a federal status? And the Obamanation will simply say that federal law supercedes state law when they are in opposition. Expect, within mere weeks, to see Homobama declare all state marriage amendments null and void. Seriously. This is about to happen.
Ofcourse it’s “good enough” as the have a legal document from a state indicating they are in a legal marriage union, and simplifies the rules.
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The regulation is related to the filing of federal income tax, it has no bearing on states rights short of the federal government in this case honoring the marriages issued by states which allow for same-sex marriages.
Anyone who thinks that “one man one woman” should be the law of the land by constitutional amendment is by definition not a patriot.
Pleasee explain how this “imposes” anything on other states? The regulation only applies to the filing of federal tax returns, it has no bearing on the state of residence of the party in question.
When elements of laws are nullified, it’s possible to seek redress for those laws up to the limitations imposed. Please do not confuse this with “ex post facto” ex post facto is a legislative operation where a law is changed or added to retroactively apply penalties, in this case the the nullification of the element of law allows for the people to seek redress from the government under the new standard.
That settles that. I'm evidently not a patriot.
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