美國老年女同志短片-Edie Windsor

lupy

他們在一起44年
2007在加拿大結婚
後來其中一位伴侶生病去世
但美國不認同他們的婚姻關係
致使繼承對方遺產的伴侶要負擔許多遺產稅,不能如一般異性戀夫妻般獲得減稅
目前正在與ACLU像美國政府提起訴訟 對防衛婚姻法(DOMA)
DOMA規定婚姻只能適用於一男一女
http://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights/edie-windsor-and-aclu-challenge-defense-marriage-act
--> 可看短片
LGBT Rights | Relationships

Edie Windsor and ACLU Challenge Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
Photographs courtesy of Edie Windsor and the creators of the
documentary, "Thea and Edie: A Very Long Engagement," distributed by
Breaking Glass Pictures
Edith "Edie" Windsor, who shared her life with her late spouse, Thea
Spyer, for 44 years, files a lawsuit against the federal government
for refusing to recognize their marriage. The lawsuit challenges the
constitutionality of the "Defense of Marriage Act" (DOMA), a federal
statute that defines marriage for all federal purposes as a legal
union between one man and one woman as husband and wife. Windsor and
Spyer were married in Canada in 2007, and were considered married by
their home state of New York.

butterfly0117

我們要努力的地方還很多呢~