Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on June 26, 2015, in the matter of Obergefell v. Hodges, same sex couples now have the right to marry throughout the United States.  Further, every state must also recognize the same sex marriages performed in other states. The right for same sex couples to...

This past June, the Supreme Court ruled The Defense of Marriage Act, the law preventing the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages, unconstitutional. Previously, even with New York and fourteen other states passing laws allowing gay marriage, DOMA had barred the federal government...

Although equal rights for same sex couples still have a long way to go, progress is being made.  Although same sex couples are still not allowed to marry in many states, they can now file bankruptcy.  In order to do so the couple must be legally married in a state or nation that allows gay and...