Government
Feb. 6, 2009
Two Federal Workers Get Benefits for Gay Spouses
The federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally denies benefits to gay federal employees' spouses, Judge Stephen Reinhardt declared in a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals internal workplace discrimination case involving a Los Angeles federal public defender.
Daily Journal Staff Writers The federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally denies benefits to gay federal employees' spouses, Judge Stephen Reinhardt has declared in a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals internal workplace discrimination case involving a Los Angeles federal public defender. "The denial of federal benefits to same-sex spouses cannot be justified simply by a distaste for or disapproval of same...
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