House panel: Same-sex couples must file state taxes individually
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Lawmakers approved a rule requiring same-sex couples who are legally married in other states but live in Idaho to file their state income taxes separately - even though they can file their federal taxes jointly.
The House Revenue and Taxation Committee made the decision Monday over objections from same-sex couples who said this would boost their annual tax payments, complicate filings and be a sign Idaho doesn't respect their unions.
Republican lawmakers were joined by one Democrat, Rep. Caroline Meline of Pocatello, in backing the rule of the Idaho State Tax Commission.
The rule now moves to the Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee.
The supporters said they were following Idaho's statutes and Constitution.
However, the rule has already been singled out in a constitutional challenge in U.S. District Court seeking to topple Idaho's 2006 gay-marriage ban.
no the fact is that you are trying to find every excuse to discriminate against these "people", you're just pissed because they are living happy lives on a different set of morals than you and you're stuck in this " I'm better than you" mode the only difference between and someone of this particular sexual preference in our society is the FACT that they accept all people (unlike you) . Believe it or not , that "acceptance" is the core belief of our World's Dominating Religion, " Christianity" , I don't know about you, but I am a true Believer of Christ, I know know he would not take this discrimination lightly, or any kind for that matter! so get over yourself, before you lose every ounce of humanity for which you once had!
And why are you so concerned what other people are doing in their bedrooms?
So, who's morals are we going to legislate? I don't want anyone but my wife in my bedroom with me! Not you, not the government, what I do in my bedroom and in my home is my business, and I give everyone else the same respect because I am a responsible, respectful American.
Brad--sodomy was illegal until Justice Kennedy in Lawrence vs. Texas decided sodomy laws were unconstitutional. It is a dangerous path to follow if ones moral compass is based on what is legal/constitutional. Remember, everything Hitler did was "legal". Why should we legislate morality? It is immoral to torture someone? Is it immoral to steal from someone's bank account. Is it morally wrong to sleep with another person's wife/husband? Think about it. There are things that are morally wrong regardless of law for everyone, everywhere. For those who do not know the difference between right and wrong we need laws. However, when the lawmakers themselves have no moral compass, morality means nothing. Indeed morality just comes down to what is moral for you or moral for me which is meaningless--as Socrates states.
I read the article--it says nothing definitive either way. Again--look for so-called "research" that is not almost a decade old. Look in peer reviewed research. You will find nothing.
So I assume you do not accept as fact the statistics from the CDC? Gay men are only 4% of the male population of the U.S. yet are responsible for almost 70% of all new HIV cases. This is fact. Gay behavior does harm people. Any risky behavior can pass disease. The behavior of gays just is colossally higher in passing disease(HIV) than any other population in the U.S. This is a fact, not a myth.
This is so dumb! How can they not see that this is inequality?
Didn't make it past the first paragraph?
Marriage is between a man and a woman, That's the way its suppose to be.
Don't really care!! After all it is a life style they not a minority group!!!
Isn't incest a crime? Come on, get serious, you sound just like the idiot that made the stretch and started referencing bestiality as well. These are human beings and citizens of the USA and deserve equal rights to yours regardless of your moral and religious objections. Your morals are not my morals or anyone else's they belong to just you. Which is why we should never legislate morality.
if you think gays pose a threat with disease , check your info again, that is a myth, anyone who has alack responsibility to their bad personal life behavior has just as easy chance to pass disease as anyone , so sell it somewhere else
This article says nothing one way or another. Why did you post it?
Brad--so Constitutionally, a sibling can marry a sibling, a parent his/her child, etc. because "we cannot single out one group"?
What? But gay behavior does harm another--ever read the stat on the CDC site? In case you don't know what that is, it is the Centers for Disease Control. Gay behavior harms the health of the gay community--always.
So glad to see you get your facts from Wikipedia. Gays are not in anyway comparable to what happened to the blacks in this country. A black person does not wake up one day and say, "Gee, I think I will be black". Gays can one day be gay, the next bi, or even transgendered in orientation or even straight. Leave the blacks alone--you have nothing in common with our plight. The blacks do NOT want to be compared in any way with the gays.
"Just what these brain differences mean is still not clear." This is what the article says. There is NO evidence. Read more: What the Gay Brain Looks Like - TIME http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1815538,00.html#ixzz2qWEKFYcW
So you all have not graduated from H.S.?
Straw man--again.
Thanks.
when will people wake up a big part of the Idaho work force is the lgbt community that's why we move out of state a lot of the time.
This is so screwed up!! Jeez just need to quit messin with peoples lives.
Interesting. I wonder what will happen when a same sex couple file as "married." Will the Idaho Taxation Department go through each filings to check for gender identification? Does the tax document require an individual to identify their gender? Once Idaho Taxation has identified a same sex couple as violating the law for filing as a married couple, do they file suit against the couple? What legal recourse does a same sex couple have once identified? Will this become a test case? It would be interesting to see how this plays out and how much this action will cost tax payers in the future. Does anyone know the answers to these hypothetical questions? Just wondering.
http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1815538,00.html
denis please explain why you feel there is hateful and Bigoted in this thread. for your information the word gay has many different meaning to it. the word gay means. someone who goes to brothels, someone who is happy, lame, a bachler over a certain age. a individual who is attracted to the same sex. the latter did not come to play into this century. I am gay but I am not homosexual.
Thad Collom: Don't preach out in public.
Yes Janie Harris, there is NO, absolutely NO evidence anyone is born gay; except you know, facts. http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1815538,00.html
This is a disgusting slap in the face for these married couples.
Agree. If they don't like Idaho's ways there are other states. But I agree with freedom to live who you choose
Forget it Adam unless it's written in the Bible or latest KKK newsletter she is not gonna believe it.
Now Brian for some people like Janie you need to draw a picture or speak slow. Janie....sweetie....people that have...limited...education...tend ...to...be..ignorant..and racist.
It's kind of fun to watch her have meltdowns on everyone's post :)
Wow Janie you know lot's of words, good girl!
Just the type of obtuse response I would expect. When the Nation-State decided to take over marriage, religion lost all control of it. As soon as a trip to the court house or city hall was required to become "legally" married it became a Constitutional issue, not a religious question. We cannot single out one group or another and state "you can or cannot do this legally." All laws of the land must be applied to all citizens. So, if it pleases you to be upset, sickened, disturbed, angry, envious, or whatever, You may feel those feelings, you may have those thoughts. But I will stick with the Constitution as my guide. Now if anyone would like to remove the legal requirements for marriage I can go with you on that and we can remove all federal, state, corporate, or tax benefits from being married and we can all file individually!
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You are kinky, we should get together ;)
Janie do civilized world a favor and keep your opinions to yourself, you can always read harry potter...I mean bible book.
Well then we can just legalize pot and be rich lol.
So are you equating people who drop out of HS to those who see marriage as being between one man and one woman? Ever heard of a straw man?
Anastasia--I believe you mean 6,000 years ago. You show your ignorance even on things you thing you know.
Actually the feds withheld highway funds until they raised the age
where is your compassion for humanity, and for freedom ,it'snot what is good for everyone else, a person should not have to live up to the standards all him/her ! who cares what a person CHOOSES to do as long as it does not harm another, and harming does not qualify for someones hurt feeling because another does not fit their morality!
Also the countless stories of people right here in America being killed because their gay. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_violence_against_LGBT_people_in_the_United_States But hey! Keep telling yourself that the LGBT community isn't repressed.
Equal for whom? I want to marry my brother. My neighbor wants to marry two of her friends. My cousin wants to marry her dad.
Actually Homosexuals were rounded up by the Nazi's and put into concentration camps along with the Jewish people. So Yeah there's that. And in many African countries you can be put into prison just for being gay so.....
Kristopher-as I mentioned above, marriage discriminates all the time. Marriage discriminates by number of partners, age of partners, species, relation. . .where is your outrage for those who want to marry two or more men or women. Where is your outrage for those who want to marry a sibling or a parent? Equality?
No it isn't. I am comparing people arguing against interracial marriage of the 40's and 50's to the arguments against same sex marriage of today. I am not comparing slavery or any other plight to the civil rights movement. http://i.imgur.com/mRWIAAJ.jpg
Denis--there is NO, absolutely NO evidence anyone is born gay.
Adam--when have homosexuals ever been enslaved simply for being homosexual? When have homosexuals by Supreme Court ruling ever been identified as partial human for purposed of representation? Your comparison of homosexual "inequality" to what the blacks have endured is ignorant and insulting.
Benjy Hall--you want everyone to be treated equally but marriage is not equal. Marriage discriminates on the basis on number, relation, age and species.