Federal Judicial Council Orders Married Gay Couple Reimbursed For Denial Of Marriage Benefits

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/11/26/1233271/federal-judicial-council-orders-married-gay-couple-reimbursed-for-denial-of-marriage-benefits/

Citing multiple court decisions declaring the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, the Judicial Council of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a lower federal court to reimburse a court employee’s husband for costs arising from the judiciary’s failure to provide the same-sex couple with equal benefits:

Christopher Nathan, 39, of San Francisco, a law clerk for U.S. Magistrate Maria Elena James, sought coverage for his spouse, Thomas Alexander, 40. The couple wed in 2008, in a ceremony performed by James, before Proposition 8 prohibited same-sex marriages in California.

When Nathan tried to enroll Alexander in the government’s insurance plan, he was turned down by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts because the 1996 law bars federal recognition of same-sex unions.

i am really beginning to change my opinion about the courts. is this and i think yes more of the change Pres. talked about in 2008? it's happening all around us took a minute to notice because it may not have been your view of change but it is none the less a different world in the making. Praise the Lord.

The Judicial Council, the final authority in the administrative review process, went a step further in this week's order and said DOMA has been held unconstitutional by a San Francisco federal judge in another employee's case. The three-judge panel ordered the court to determine how much it owes Nathan and then pay him within 10 days.

change, to answer Beohner "hell yes we can". i wish my Marlene had lived to see this i can see the look of astonishment on her face RIP

http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/boehner-can-you-say-this-bill-was-written-openly-hell-no-you-cant-video.php