house Bill H.R. 3299
Should Same-Sex Couples Be Able to Jointly File Federal Tax Returns & Get Retroactive Refunds?
Argument in favor
Same-sex couples in certain states that legalized same-sex marriage early, such as Massachusetts, were forced to file separate tax returns for nearly a decade and should have access to retroactive refunds.
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ALL ARE EQUAL UNDER LAW. Keep the tired religious bigotry out of our legal system. They had these kind of arguments over interracial couples too. Guess what? If there is a legal benefit to marriage, all marriages get it whether it adheres to anybody’s personal opinions or not.
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Yes. Are they American Citizens? Are “All men created equal”? Are they human beings?
Then yes, they should have the same rights as White Americans and White Republicans and Black and Brown People too.
Republicans, you disgust everyone who are not you. YOU are the weakest link.
Conservatism harms and kills everyone.
Argument opposed
Same-sex couples shouldn’t be able to retroactively claim tax refunds from years before the Supreme Court’s decision when they filed individual tax returns.
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How about getting the government completely out of the marriage business
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This would be a logistical disaster for the IRS and would be rampant with fraud and abuse. No thank you.
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Marriage is a covenant instituted by the LORD, the State does not belong in marriages at all. Do not provoke the LORD, for the cup of His wrath is at the rim, and you shall be judged, tonight, tomorrow or after death, repent or perish, He shall make a footstool of His enemies.
ALL ARE EQUAL UNDER LAW. Keep the tired religious bigotry out of our legal system. They had these kind of arguments over interracial couples too. Guess what? If there is a legal benefit to marriage, all marriages get it whether it adheres to anybody’s personal opinions or not.
As far back as same sex marriage has been legal in this country.
Yes. Are they American Citizens? Are “All men created equal”? Are they human beings?
Then yes, they should have the same rights as White Americans and White Republicans and Black and Brown People too.
Republicans, you disgust everyone who are not you. YOU are the weakest link.
Conservatism harms and kills everyone.
There is no reason except prejudice and intolerance for not allowing married same sex couples to have the same rights and couples of opposite sexes! Absolutely none!
Yes. When is the GOP going to realize that this is the right thing to do? Get over it-you stupid, ignorant gun slinging cretins.
Absolutely they should! A married couple is a married couple no matter what their genders happen to be.
If heterosexuals can do it, why not homosexual couples?
This bill is greatly needed to further promote respect for same-sex couples, in addition to the Equality Act.
How about getting the government completely out of the marriage business
Civil union is open to couples of all type. Therefore laws and policies of for those in a civil union should be applyied equally to everyone
How is this really a question? Homosexuals have equal protection under the law. This includes taxes.
The fact we are even having questions wether same sex couples can do or can not do things that straight couples can do shows we have not evolved far from the Stone Age.
Stop allowing the Evangelical Taliban to force their bigotry on everyone else.
Marriage is marriage regardless of the gender of the partners. That relationship needs to be honored and religious bigotry left out of the calculus.
This would be a logistical disaster for the IRS and would be rampant with fraud and abuse. No thank you.
Why not? Same-sex couples are taxpayers. They live together and share expenses. Earn income together. For how long has marriage equality been legal, yet these rights have been denied?
Yes. They are no different than anyone else. Only the primitives have a problem with equal tights.