Before the Supreme Court overturned DOMA, discriminatory policies cost same-sex married couples as much as $500,000 over a lifetime. Story Transcript JAISAL NOOR, TRNN PRODUCER: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Jaisal Noor in Baltimore. In what’s being hailed as a historic day for marriage equality, the Supreme Court issued two major decisions Tuesday, […]
Author Archives: Lee Badgett
Lee Badgett is a Professor of Economics, University Mass. Amherst, and author of the book: When Gay People Get Married (2009 NYU Press). She is also the Director, Center for Public Policy and Administration, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Research Director of the Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, University of California, Los Angeles