This is just the tip of the iceberg and it is still mostly under water--when revealed, it will be huge and tie up the courts for a decade or so. So glad for these loons, since we have nothing more to worry about.
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Carmen Cardona, who filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on Thursday, plans to challenge the constitutionality of a federal statute -- and its legal cousin the Defense of Marriage Act, the controversial 1996 law that prohibits the U.S. government from recognizing same-sex marriages -- cited when the VA denied her spousal disability benefits, her legal team said.
The Puerto Rico native, now living in Norwich, said she was unable to collect her veterans' benefits because her wife is of the same sex. The couple has been married since 2010.
Most veterans receive an increase in their monthly disability benefits when they marry.
"They [the VA] stated this outright: 'You cannot get benefits ... because your spouse is not a male,' " Cardona said over the telephone Thursday. "I'm not the only one that is homosexual, so I would like for everybody to hear about this and come forward.