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        "uri": "/2012/06/01/gay-married-couples-look-to-high-court-on-benefits/",
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        "prettyDate": "June 01, 2012",
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        "summary": "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.",
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        "uri": "/2012/05/31/defense-of-marriage-act-heads-to-us-supreme-court/",
        "title": "Defense of Marriage Act heads to US Supreme Court",
        "byline": "Denise Lavoie",
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        "prettyDate": "May 31, 2012",
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        "summary": "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.",
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        "uri": "/2012/04/04/boston-appeals-court-hears-gay-marriage-law-case/",
        "title": "Boston appeals court hears gay-marriage law case",
        "byline": "Denise Lavoie",
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        "prettyDate": "April 04, 2012",
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        "summary": "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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        "uri": "/2011/07/21/mass-gay-couples-to-ny-doma-denies-you-benefits/",
        "title": "Mass. gay couples to NY: DOMA denies you benefits",
        "byline": "Denise Lavoie",
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        "prettyDate": "July 21, 2011",
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        "summary": "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.",
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