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Home » The Latest from CSE » Stepping Up On Tax D…

Stepping Up On Tax Day

April 16, 2012 in News by Jasmine Beach-Ferrara

Meet Eric and Tammy. They live in Boston, are raising 3 amazing kids, and are allies who, for the second year running, have stepped up in an inspiring way to support CSE’s work.

Eric and Tammy calculated the amount they saved by filing taxes as a married couple. Then, they donated this amount to CSE to help achieve full federal equality for LGBT people and families. Because the federal government doesn’t recognize the marriages of same-sex couples, LGBT families can’t file federal taxes as married.

Allies play a vital role in CSE’s work and, today, we’re asking married allies to consider stepping up like Eric and Tammy have. Will you make a donation to CSE today?

. . . we want to draw attention to this discrimination in a very clear way: these discriminatory laws cost some couples money and benefit other couples.  The best way to fix it is to transfer our unfair benefit to folks who are working to change the system.  We encourage others to do the same.

– Eric and Tammy

Learn more from them about what inspired Eric and Tammy to give:
When we first talked about getting married it was clear that, although Massachusetts has marriage equality, much of the rest of the country does not.  And, as an inter-racial couple, it wasn’t that long ago that our marriage would have been illegal in many states.  

There are so many privileges we receive as a heterosexual, married couple… from the ease of international travel, filling out birth certificates for our children with “mother” and “father”, to all of the popular culture images that reflect and celebrate our story.  Even in states with marriage equality, same-sex couples can’t file joint returns, can’t fill out federal financial aid paperwork for their children, and don’t get spousal benefits we and others can take for granted.  For ourselves we want to draw attention to this discrimination in a very clear way: these discriminatory laws cost some couples money and benefit other couples.  The best way to fix it is to transfer our unfair benefit to folks who are working to change the system.  We encourage others to do the same.

 

 

 

 

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