Government,
Family
Dec. 30, 2022
Respect for Marriage Act challenge unlikely to come from California
LGBTQ advocates have expressed disappointment that the law only requires the government to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages - so long as they were officiated in a legalized state - rather than a full-fledged federal mandate on gay marriage.
Ronald L. Zambrano
Employment Litigation Chair
West Coast Employment Lawyers
Phone: 213-927-3700
Email: ron@westcoasttriallawyers.com
Ron chairs the firm's Employment Litigation Department.
Married couples in the U.S. have always had the confidence of knowing their spouse's rights as a beneficiary - as a legal life partner able to share benefits and other perks - were protected under federal law and would never evaporate. But that's marriage between a man and a woman.
Same-sex couples could never rest easy because they were perpetually one unfavorable U.S. Supreme Court decision away from losing their insurance and additional...
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