A Problem With Not Recognising Gay Marriage
When some countries recognise gay marriage and others don’t you are going to get a few problems.
This story from the United States, illustrates one small but sometimes expensive problem well.
Edith Windsor was legally married to her gay partner in Canada, five years ago. Her partner has since died and because she now lives in New York, she will have to pay $600,000 in what in the UK would be death duties. If her partner had been a man, she wouldn’t have to pay the tax.
So now the case has ended up at the United States Supreme Court.
I’m not a lawyer and I’ve no idea what would happen in the UK.
But surely in this age, we should clear everything up to make it all clear to everybody.
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