Supreme Court ruling of DOMA and Prop. 8 to be decided on 6/26 at 10 AM

So basically, DOMA discourages same sex marriages in the US while Prop 8 bans it completely in California?
Yikes.

Although you can get married in some states, while others have outright banned it (california), the federal government (until today) has not recognized homosexual marriage. Because the IRS/Fed's did not acknowledge it, the benefits of being married on a tax return do not qualify. In this specific case they tried to get a refund on an Estate, but they could not get a "joint(married)" tax rate which affected how much they would receive back in a negative way.

It's like going to an amusment park and being allowed to be in a group even though you aren't family, but not being able to get the group discount on the local shops because you aren't acknowledged as a group unless you ARE family.

Is it really a victory for an entire country when equality has to be imposed on it by its highest court.

Pessimistic as always Ricky . You have to remember, it only takes one man to challenge it, until the highest authority tells him "No you're wrong". Although I digress, 5:4, a victory, is a rather dissapointing one :|

By the way, search "Gay" on Google. (Safe results on, and not images/videos, reccomended LOL)