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Kansas latest state to rule married, gay couples must file taxes as singles
WICHITA, Kan. — Kansas tax officials issued a ruling Friday saying same-sex couples must file their state income tax returns as if each person were single, even if they filed as married on their federal returns.
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Montana: Legally married same-sex couples may not file joint state tax return
HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s state Revenue Director said Tuesday that same-sex couples legally married in other states may not file joint state income-tax returns.
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ExxonMobil to offer benefits to married, same-sex couples in U.S.
NEW YORK — Exxon Mobil Corp. said Friday that it will begin offering benefits to legally married same-sex couples in the U.S. for the first time starting next week.
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‘Religious Freedom’ bill an effort ‘to reincarnate the Defense of Marriage Act’
WASHINGTON — A group of lawmakers on Thursday introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to “prohibit discrimination through the federal tax code” against individuals or institutions that exercise religious conscience regarding marriage as between one man and one woman.
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USAF lesbian couple first to receive ‘Join Spouse’ assignment
Just three months after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, a lesbian couple in the U.S. Air Force has learned they will receive an assignment together under the service’s Join Spouse program, the first same-sex couple to obtain the joint assignment.
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GOP Senator targets revised marriage leave policy for gay service members
WASHINGTON — A ranking Republican member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said this week that a newly revised Pentagon policy granting marriage leave for gay service members “legally fails to fix the issue of giving same-sex couples a special benefit.”
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Guard commander asks Texas AG for legal opinion on same-sex military benefits
AUSTIN, Texas — The commander of the Texas National Guard is asking the state’s attorney general for a legal opinion about whether he can process applications for military benefits for same-sex couples under a Pentagon directive even though gay marriage is banned in Texas.
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Obama administration will not enforce ban on same-sex veterans benefits
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Wednesday it will stop enforcing a law that blocks benefits to partners of military veterans in same-sex marriages.
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Landmark same-sex marriage hearing approaches in Pa.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — For two months, an elected court clerk in the Philadelphia suburbs has been giving something to same-sex couples they have not been able to get anywhere else: a Pennsylvania marriage license.
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Shaheen: Same-sex benefits bill should apply to Veterans Affairs
CONCORD, N.H. — U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire says she’s planning to move forward with her bill that would grant benefits to same-sex married couples in the military after learning that legislation is still necessary to grant veterans in same-sex marriages those same benefits.