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  • 1.  Consequences of Marriage

    Posted 04-30-2014 01:29 PM
    This message has been cross posted to the following Discussions: Family Law and LGBT Rights Section .
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    Sometime ago we had an extensive discussion about the negatives of marriage for tax and Social Security reasons. Here is a link to a NY Times article, 4/25/14, that spells out some of those negatives.

    http://nyti.ms/1mIDqqp 

    A couple can lose crucial pensions and benefits that they had before they tied the knot.


    Having fought so hard for marriage equality, it is a little disconcerting to know that same sex couples, now facing the same consequences as heterosexual couples, may have very good reasons NOT to marry. That is what equality really means.

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    Felice Londa Esq.
    Elizabeth NJ
    (908) 353-5600
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