Federal judge orders VA to obey Supreme Court on same-sex benefits
By M. Alex Johnson, Staff Writer, NBC News
The Department of Veterans Affairs can no longer rely on its unique reading of federal law to refuse to provide full benefits to a California veteran in a same-sex marriage, a federal judge declared in a ruling filed late Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall of Los Angeles sided with Tracey Cooper-Harris of Pasadena, Calif., a 12-year Army veteran, who sued the VA for denying her full disability benefits because she is married to a woman.
Read the District Court Ruling.pdf
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/AJDocs/20130829_VA_SameSex_Ruling.pdf
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/30/20251949-federal-judge-orders-va-to-obey-supreme-court-on-same-sex-benefits?lite
Related:
Historic day for gay marriage after two big court decisions
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/high-court-gay-marriage-decisions-due-wednesday
The Department of Veterans Affairs can no longer rely on its unique reading of federal law to refuse to provide full benefits to a California veteran in a same-sex marriage, a federal judge declared in a ruling filed late Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall of Los Angeles sided with Tracey Cooper-Harris of Pasadena, Calif., a 12-year Army veteran, who sued the VA for denying her full disability benefits because she is married to a woman.
Read the District Court Ruling.pdf
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/AJDocs/20130829_VA_SameSex_Ruling.pdf
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/30/20251949-federal-judge-orders-va-to-obey-supreme-court-on-same-sex-benefits?lite
Related:
Historic day for gay marriage after two big court decisions
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/high-court-gay-marriage-decisions-due-wednesday
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