by John | Feb 28, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Three hundred sixty-three thousand and fifty-three dollars was the amount that Edith Windsor was assessed in federal estate taxes when her wife, Thea Spyer, died in 2009. Zero dollars, everyone agrees, would have been the amount she owed if the federal government had...
by John | Feb 27, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Scores of corporations will file a Supreme Court brief favoring gay marriage later this week. Signatories will include Apple, Facebook, Intel, and Morgan Stanley. FORTUNE — On Thursday, dozens of American corporations, including Apple, Alcoa, Facebook, eBay,...
by John | Feb 27, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
The Supreme Court of the United States will need to brace for a huge response by corporations adding their voice to the fight for marriage equality by asking the country’s highest court to strike down the Defence of Marriage Act. CNN reports over 60 companies have...
by John | Feb 27, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
THE move to legalise gay marriage in New Zealand is a step closer after it passed the select committee process. Parliament’s government administration select committee has sent The Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill for its second reading. Sponsor...
by John | Feb 25, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
The Barack Obama administration has formally asked the US Supreme Court to strike down a 1996 law defining marriage exclusively as a union between a man and a woman. The request was contained in a legal brief filed to the US high court, whose nine justices plan next...
by John | Feb 21, 2013 | News, World news
A pro-gay marriage group is set to launch a $1 million media campaign in support of same-sex nuptials, with full-page ads in several major newspapers and a television spot featuring President Barack Obama, former first lady Laura Bush and former Vice President Dick...
