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Do you think that SSM will be recognized at the federal level to receive those benefits, subject to fed taxation, legal protections, etc?
I don't think it will have to be. Didn't the DOMA case already establish that SSM couples get all the federal benefits and responsibilities? If that's still in question, then yes, I think it may require a supreme court case, but I think most of the circuit courts have already addressed the issue. I just don't think that a SSM ban will make it through any circuit, and I don't think that the supreme court would take the appeal. Unless they're going to actually uphold a ban, but that be very surprising. It really is an open and shut legal argument.