Comments on: Marriage Discrimination? $3500 Pay Cut!

By: Maggie: Why Focus on Same-Sex Marriage Rather than Divorce? « wakingupnow.com

Tue, 08 May 2012 19:49:51 +0000

[...] truly is nonsense. I tore it apart a couple years ago with facts and figures, but now I have a more personal [...]

By: Box Turtle Bulletin » Maggie: Why Focus on Same-Sex Marriage Rather than Divorce?

Tue, 08 May 2012 19:49:01 +0000

[...] truly is nonsense. I tore it apart a couple years ago with facts and figures, but now I have a more personal [...]

By: JT

JT — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:07:17 +0000

Just learned about imputed income the hard way…I had no idea that I would be paying extra federal taxes to add my partner to my insurance. Luckily, the state of Oregon does not tax medical benefits paid for by a partner.
Since this is the only way for both my partner and I to have benefits…I can’t believe that I have to pay more taxes than a hetersexual married couple. It’s unfair and complete bull.

By: Larissa

Larissa — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:45:01 +0000

Wow! Never more than now have I been so very very glad I live in South Africa!!! I get health insurance through my partner’s work and there was never any question that we are exactly the same as a married straight couple!
Hooray for a truly equal-rights-based constitution! I hope America comes to the party SOON!

By: Box Turtle Bulletin » NOM Commits Sodomy

Box Turtle Bulletin » NOM Commits Sodomy — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:16:02 +0000

[...] needy? NOM hampers our ability to provide health insurance for our partners and kids. Furthermore, they don’t care. In fact, Maggie’s even crusaded against private employers offering domestic partner [...]

By: NOM Commits Sodomy « wakingupnow.com

NOM Commits Sodomy « wakingupnow.com — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:40:42 +0000

[...] needy? NOM hampers our ability to provide health insurance for our partners and kids. Furthermore, they don’t care. In Maggie’s even crusaded against private employers offering domestic partner [...]

By: Bess

Bess — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:07:08 +0000

Another benefit accorded married couples is “Flexible Spending” accounts. Since these are Federally based I cannot use this benefit through my employer for my wife’s prescriptions or doctor visits.

By: jeremy

jeremy — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:11:25 +0000

I am oddly caught in the middle of this issue. My domestic partner and I are not same sex and we could marry if we wanted to. So far the only thing I see as a benefit to getting married is this tax issue. Not much of a reason to comply to ‘traditional Christian values’ if you ask me. We have actually talked about only getting married when everyone in Illinois or even on a federal level is allowed to! At any rate… I am taking a $4400 pay cut to not be married but still be able to get insurance for my partner. I have options… I could get married… I’m outraged at this on behalf of people who aren’t able to make that decision on their own because the government knows what’s best. Our laws are based on Chrisitan values…. NEWS FLASH… NOT EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY IS CHRISTIAN!!! Some of us can actually think for ourselves and don’t need a fabricated fictional book to tell us how to live ‘good lives’.

By: Erik

Erik — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:49:54 +0000

Hi. I work in the health and welfare industry and on occassion I talk with gay participants about this and the best way to get this information is to contact the IRS directly. I conferenced the participant with the IRS and stayed on the call to give the IRS some insurance and dependent information. Also, you should keep in mind that just because your company offers domestic partner insurance, it doesn’t mean that the IRS will allow you to claim the dependent unless the state you live in (sometimes the county too) recognizes your relationship as a legally recognized partnership. The one participant I helped with his imputed income questions with the IRS was shocked to find out that while the federal government would help him, since he lived in Texas, he was locked out with the state. So yea, this is important on a state level as well as the federal level.

By: Dave W

Dave W — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:17:54 +0000

I just did my taxes, and thanks for the reminder of my overpayment. (I spent hours on the phone with payroll to get them to adjust my income for massachusetts…they were imputing income for fedeal and state).

Sometimes I wonder if our opponents are just greedy. they have marriage, they have these tax advantages, they don’t have to hire lawyers, create trusts or constantly explain the differences. They have what they want, who cares about the rest.

I honestly think that the incredible selfishness of American culture vs. elswhere is part of this. “No, I don’t want to discriminate, but who is going to pay for these deductions?” I see the same issue with the death tax. Sure, repealling it only helps certain families but it is just incredibly unfair, selfish and un-American to tax income twice! I think if people were less selfish they’d be able to see it. I won’t inherit an estate over $7MM but I have a sense of fairness and the death tax disgusts me just like my imputed income does.