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2016 Postmortem

riqster

(13,986 posts) Thu Mar 28, 2013, 08:15 AM Mar 2013

One Letter In a Name Cost Edie a Third of a Million Dollars

Last edited Thu Mar 28, 2013, 11:55 AM - Edit history (1)

http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/one-letter-in-a-name-cost-evie-a-third-of-a-million-dollars/

Snip: "Edie Windsor, the plaintiff in the DOMA case that was heard yesterday at the Supreme Court, summed up the case better than any of the lawyers or Jurists ever could: “If Thea’s name had been Theo…”. Brilliantly pointing out the absurdity of our stupid laws that force gay Americans to live as second-class citizens."

More at the link.