information i might not understand. i felt horrible for the families that went in there or most who have gone in without any legal counsel, because it was rude and unprofessional. i just felt no compassion. i kind of expected to go in there and they would feel like they had lost great employees as well. there was just no sense of loss or devastation on their part whatsoever. they made personal attacks, and were rude, and in some way condescending. it was unfortunate. i was shocked and extremely disappointed. i don t want to make you revisit anything unpleasant, but can you give us an idea of the personal attacks that they launched? sure. you know, i mentioned to the hr department that my husband did work full time, my kids and i sent him off to work 12 months a year, and her response to me was that it must be a marriage issue, that perhaps we had bad communication in our marriage is why i did not understand his employment status. later in the conversation, when we readdressed the i
is anyone was anyone as significant as a donor? yes. governor romney was one of them. and that is, of course, you know this is at a time when there was intense focus on the marriage issue as cross the country and efforts to intimidate our donors to prevent people from donating to our cause, we can weigh in a political battle but significantly this is a felony. it s been a felony since post water gate. remember, one of the articles impeachment brought prepared against president nixon was this kind of disclosed private tax returns. it was a misdemeanor back then, 1964 congress changed the law to make it a felony, punishable by $5,000 fine and up to five years in prison for every unlawful inspection of a private individual s tax returns. greta: well, we ll wait and see what happens on this, there is a lot of intense
is anyone was anyone as significant as a donor? yes. governor romney was one of them. and that is, of course, you know this is at a time when there was intense focus on the marriage issue as cross the country and efforts to intimidate our donors to prevent people from donating to our cause, we can weigh in a political battle but significantly this is a felony. it s been a felony since post water gate. remember, one of the articles impeachment brought prepared against president nixon was this kind of disclosed private tax returns. it was a misdemeanor back then, 1964 congress changed the law to make it a felony, punishable by $5,000 fine and up to five years in prison for every unlawful inspection of a private individual s tax returns. greta: well, we ll wait and see what happens on this, there is a lot of intense focus on the irs.
his significant other could not apply for a visa or green card, as would be the case for an opposite married couple. opposite sex married couple. so there is a different here. and it is not just about a tax provision. yeah. i think what he is trying to get at is it a favorable tax treatment. edie windsor gets hit with $364,000 federal tax she would not have been hit with had she been married to a man. so can we look that in an isolation and say the reason for the favorable tax statement is not about even protection of traditional marriage. just that we have to draw the line somewhere. so he is trying to get away from the marriage issue. i agree it is unpersuasive. we have bundled so many rights of entitlements and attached them to the status of the i believe the justices pointed out 111 provisions if you will for couples. 1100, excuse me, for couples who are married, benefit from having a recognized marriage in this
it s not recognized. it comes under the right of privacy but here s the bottom line. bill: who would say it comes under the right of privacy? marriage is public. well, it is public but someone would say that there is probably a presumed constitutional. marriages should be this is not a marriage issue. this is about the right a company that s never had a problem with gays that openly employs gays, that has a discrimination policy against anything that discriminates on sexual orientation because they don t like it owner because somebody s blood, sweat tears and money went into this company believes in traditional marriage. you see this as an attack by some left wing people on religion religious beliefs. without a doubt. why are they going to north carolina why are they boycotting north carolina.