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Denying Same-Sex Insurance Benefits Discriminates, Federal Judge Rules

— A federal judge in says the denial of insurance benefits to same-sex spouses is .

The ruling Tuesday involves 38-year-old federal court law clerk and 39-year-old , who were married in 2008 when same-sex marriages were legal in . Voters later approved , overturning the state Supreme Court ruling that had legalized same-sex marriages.

Nathan was turned down when he tried last year to enroll Alexander in the federal government’s health insurance plan. A 1996 law bars federal recognition of same-sex unions.

 

(C) 2012 Huffington Post.  Entire article retrieved from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/05/same-sex-insurance-benefits_n_1405579.html

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