A Victory for Gay Rights


	A Victory for Gay Rights

chestnut501

1-1-2009 1:55 PM

228 views

tags:

gay, wrera, gay rights, human rights, queer, lesbian

chestnut501 says:

Mandatory Roll Over of Retirement Benefits for Surviving Partner - It's the Law!

Add a Comment

— Comment removed by clipper —

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from January 1, 2009

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c09b6772-878c-4567-a320-68756b28f325/6E081FA7-7383-4254-B6D1-F88E8655C3F7/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://minnesotaindependent.com/21528/bush-signs-gay-rights-bill" href="http://minnesotaindependent.com/21528/bush-signs-gay-rights-bill" style="font-size: 11px;">minnesotaindependent.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://minnesotaindependent.com/21528/bush-signs-gay-rights-bill">
<DIV class=post-content>
<P><A 
href="http://minnesotaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bush-april14-1.jpg"><IMG 
class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-10118" title=bush-april14-1 height=150 
alt="" 
src="http://minnesotaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/bush-april14-1-150x150.jpg" 
width=150></A>Call it a Christmas present for gay and lesbian couples. <A 
href="http://www.hrc.org/11821.htm">President Bush signed</A> the Worker, 
Retiree and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (WRERA) two days before Christmas. The 
new law makes it mandatory for businesses to roll over retirement benefits to a 
same-sex partner in the event of the employee’s death.</p> <P>Previously, employers could decline and surviving same-sex partners would 
have to pay tax on the inheritance of the deceased partner’s retirement savings. 
Legally married heterosexual couples automatically avoid that tax penalty.</p> <P>National LGBT rights groups hailed the move. “This legislation secures 
much-needed protection for lesbian and gay couples,” said Human Rights Campaign 
President Joe Solmonese. “Our community faces unique challenges in preparing for 
retirement because we are denied Social Security spousal and survivor benefits. 
Protecting our hard-earned retirement savings is even more crucial to us, and 
until now, the tax code made it that much harder.”</P></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6E081FA7-7383-4254-B6D1-F88E8655C3F7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips