Clever American campaigns make me so jealous sometimes! Not that I want all of us to face the sort of discrimination same sex couples face in America, of course, but I would be great if all equality campaigns were this cool: see the No Gay Tax website from Freedom to Marry.
Research shows that compared to heterosexual couples, same-sex partners pay up to $211,993 more for health coverage, $88,511 in additional Social Security costs, and $40,000 extra in child-care costs over the course of their adult lives. That’s about $350,000 in pointless unfair costs. And guess what: all those extra costs would disappear if the Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) were repealed and marriage equality introduced.
Tags: DOMA, Freedom to Marry, gay marriage, marriage equality, No Gay Tax
