Why I am withholding federal taxes
Filed by: Guest Blogger
October 18, 2008 10:30 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/10/why_i_am_withholding_federal_taxes.phpEditors' Note: Guest blogger Charles Merrill, the cousin of the founder of Merrill Lynch, was previously married to the late Evangeline Johnson, the Johnson & Johnson heiress. He has refused to pay federal taxes, protesting marriage equality. Charles is a gay activist, artist and author.
CharlesMerrill.jpgGay people have been silent about taxation without representation for too long. If any straight conservative blowhards were experiencing this problem that gay people have long endured, Washington would be on fire with cries of "God, Guns, and Guts!"
We LGBT's can get legally married in California, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. Even so, we do not get the Federal tax benefits, the important ones, because of DOMA.
