Getting Federal Benefits To Gay Couples: It's Complicated

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http://www.npr.org/2013/10/22/237196335/getting-federal-benefits-to-gay-couples-its-complicated?sc=tw
Author: Carrie Johnson Source: NPR

[. . . ] the task was clear: review more than 1,000 rules and laws that cover all kinds of federal benefits to make sure gay and lesbian couples get their due.

"The places where we still have big challenges, and we really haven't heard a lot are from two big agencies: the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Social Security Administration, where we believe there are statutory problems in extending those benefits fully to married couples who live in states that don't themselves recognize those marriages," Moulton says.