Denise Lavoie

• Gay married couples look to high court on benefits

  By Denise Lavoie  |  June 1, 2012

  Fresh from a favorable ruling by a federal appeals court, Dorene Bowe-Shulman can't wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether same-sex married couples should get the same federal benefits as heterosexual couples.

• Defense of Marriage Act heads to US Supreme Court

  By Denise Lavoie  |  May 31, 2012

  A battle over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman appears headed for the Supreme Court after an appeals court ruled Thursday that denying benefits to married gay couples is unconstitutional.

• Boston appeals court hears gay-marriage law case

  By Denise Lavoie  |  April 4, 2012

  Lawyers for a gay and lesbian legal advocacy group have a told a federal appeals court panel that a federal law that denies benefits to married gay couples that heterosexual couples get is discriminatory.

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  Mass. gay couples to NY: DOMA denies you benefits

  By Denise Lavoie  |  July 21, 2011

  When the glow fades for those couples planning to wed Sunday when gay marriage becomes legal in New York, they will see a new reality: They won't be getting the same benefits as heterosexual couples.