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CHANGE: Same-Sex Couples in CA, NV & WA Reap Big Federal Tax Bonuses: ?Thanks to a 1996 federal la?

By Glenn Reynolds

CHANGE: Same-Sex Couples in CA, NV & WA Reap Big Federal Tax Bonuses: “Thanks to a 1996 federal law aimed at preserving traditional marriage, thousands of same-sex couples in California, Nevada, and Washington state could get big tax bonuses on their federal returns starting this year. The bonuses are off-limits to heterosexual married couples?a sharp reminder of the ‘marriage penalty’ that often dings two-earner couples.” Sounds like somebody in Congress, or the Clinton Administration, should have thought that whole “Defense of Marriage Act” thing through a bit more.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on February 21, 2011 (boomark / email).