Marital Status? For Some LGBTQ Couples, It’s Complicated
On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the Windsor case, struck down Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutional. As a result, the federal government is required to recognize marriages between same-sex couples as long as the marriage was validly performed and recognized by the couple’s state of …