Labor & Economic News Blog


Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Gay Congressman's Spouse Denied Benefits

Gay Congressman's Spouse Denied Benefits
By By STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press Writer
Former Rep. Gerry Studds, the first openly gay member of Congress, was married to another man in Massachusetts at the time of his death, but the federal government has refused to pay death benefits to his spouse. Studds married Dean Hara in 2004 after...

 



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