How the DOMA case has affected federal employee benefits

The Washington Post: Several major benefits related to federal employment have been extended to same-sex married couples and their family members over the last year, although policies regarding unmarried domestic partners remain more restrictive.

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, 2013 issued its decision invalidating the portion of the Defense of Marriage Act that had defined a marriage, for federal benefits purposes, as only between a man and a woman.

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