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This is a very big deal.

IRS To Recognize All Gay Marriages Regardless of State

Big big big.

We have been able to get married tax recognition, not because we are a gay couple, but because we are in a community property state which the IRS recognizes as legitimate based, not on our marriage, but on our domestic partnership.

It is a bear to work through. We have worked in the vineyard for three to five years on this. There is always trouble as the tax returns must be filed together and "bundled" with joint ownership forms, blah blah.

Finally, after a lot of us did it over and over again and appealed over and over again, the IRS in Fresno got used to the fact that we should be handled together and not to tear the forms apart and sent on their separate ways for action.

Now, apparently, none of that.

We are married, married in all the State and that is that.

It seems to me that this is administrative action which seals the fate of DOMA and other anti-equality measures.

If the IRS recognizes you then you are in. That is it. Period. End of paragraph.

It will be interesting to see how many unmarried gay couples will marry now to enjoy this feature. I would predict all.

Well, the ones who decide, faced with this new reality, that they really really are like a married couple (which a lot of people say along with "we don't need to be married".

Watch out bigots. The spigot is open.

Interesting. Spigots is rhyme for bigots.

Labels: gay rights, marriage equality