Posted on 09/12/2017 3:12:37 PM PDT by Ennis85
Gay rights activist Edith Windsor, whose same-sex marriage fight led to a landmark US ruling, has died aged 88. Her death was confirmed to the New York Times by her wife Judith Kasen-Windsor. Ms Windsor's Supreme Court case struck down the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, granting same-sex married couples federal recognition for the first time.
She had sued the US government after being ordered to pay $363,053 (£224,940) in federal estate tax after her previous wife died. The couple had been partners for 44 years and had married in Canada in 2007. Ms Windsor argued that the provision of the law which defined marriage as between a man and a woman prevented her from getting a tax deduction due to married couples - and was unconstitutional. In a landmark 2013 ruling the US Supreme agreed - and that decision became the basis for a wave of further court rulings increasing the rights of same-sex couples.
In 2015 another crucial Supreme Court ruling gave same-sex couples the right to marry. Ms Windsor died in New York. A cause of death was not given, but Ms Windsor had struggled with heart issues for years, the Associated Press news agency reported.
"The world lost a tiny but tough-as-nails fighter for freedom, justice and equality," Judith Kasen-Windsor was quoted as saying. Former US presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama also paid tribute to Ms Windsor. Mr Obama said in a statement: "America's long journey towards equality has been guided by countless small acts of persistence and fuelled by the stubborn willingness of quiet heroes to speak out for what's right. "Few were as small in stature as Edie Windsor - and few made as big a difference to America."
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One less homosexual. Good riddance.
Buried face down?
CNN Op Ed: DOMA Fight hinged on a great love story
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/25/opinion/kaplan-doma-edie-windsor/index.html
The days of Romans 1
Obama brought the old Genesis 19 fight to the forefront as much as he could.
And...?
The Cardinals are only two games in back of the Cubs!
BURN IN HELL SODOMITE!
Double extra gross!
She was a human being.
So was every tyrant that ever lived.
Burn in hell, Edith. Yes, burn in Hell.
“Her death was confirmed to the New York Times by her wife Judith Kasen-Windsor.”
So, how does that work, do they refer to each other as wife?
So was Judas. And the Antichrist for that matter.
It is morally wrong to wish anyone in hell. Holy Scripture says it is not the will of God our Father that anyone should perish, but that all might be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth.
And any person of faith should pray for her in hopes that she repented before she died.
I don’t care.
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