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Wow. Gay marriage is the law of the land.
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<blockquote data-quote="HMBgal" data-source="post: 660035" data-attributes="member: 13260"><p>As a step-mom (we prefer the term bonus-mom in our family because I helped raise her since she was 12 and she's in her late 40s now) of a gay woman, married to a wonderful woman and mother of one amazing 10 year old girl, I couldn't be happier. It's about time. Since I live in California, it's felt legal for a few years here, but no Federal protections. What rankled was the fact that my bonus-daughter, who gave birth to their daughter, couldn't claim her wife as the other legal parent, so they had to go through all the expense of having my granddaughter adopted to make both women her parent. And the tax situation--good lord, what those two have had to go through! When their second child died after one week of age four years ago, the my poor daughter-in-law couldn't even talk to the insurance companies, etc. They are dealing with this very sad death and the insurance company is saying "Have your girlfriend call us. We can't talk to you." That is still a pain of a thousand cuts to us.</p><p></p><p>So yes, it's been a VERY good week for us of a certain stripe (ACA protected, housing discrimination still not allowed, freedom to marry, and then Obama's eulogy. Proud of our country right now. I know not all agree with me, and that's okay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HMBgal, post: 660035, member: 13260"] As a step-mom (we prefer the term bonus-mom in our family because I helped raise her since she was 12 and she's in her late 40s now) of a gay woman, married to a wonderful woman and mother of one amazing 10 year old girl, I couldn't be happier. It's about time. Since I live in California, it's felt legal for a few years here, but no Federal protections. What rankled was the fact that my bonus-daughter, who gave birth to their daughter, couldn't claim her wife as the other legal parent, so they had to go through all the expense of having my granddaughter adopted to make both women her parent. And the tax situation--good lord, what those two have had to go through! When their second child died after one week of age four years ago, the my poor daughter-in-law couldn't even talk to the insurance companies, etc. They are dealing with this very sad death and the insurance company is saying "Have your girlfriend call us. We can't talk to you." That is still a pain of a thousand cuts to us. So yes, it's been a VERY good week for us of a certain stripe (ACA protected, housing discrimination still not allowed, freedom to marry, and then Obama's eulogy. Proud of our country right now. I know not all agree with me, and that's okay. [/QUOTE]
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