Proceeding and in every place where a member of the department of justice stands on behalf of the United States they will strive to ensure that samesex marriages receive the same privileges, the same protections and the same rights as oppositesex marriages under federal law. Schieffer so i guess one of the things this means if you get arrested hauled in to federal court your partner cannot testify as it is with heterosexual couples who are married, wife cant testify against a husband, a husband against a wife. But is there anything else that this covers . This does not seem to cover a great number of people to me. No. Thats right. It also covers things like visitation rights in prison for attorney general said in every instance where Justice Department is acting, same sex couples will be treated the same as opposite sex couples. Also to do with Survivor Benefits for First Responders, theres some 9 11 First Responders Survivor Benefits that are involved here. This is under the overall e
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