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The Gay Tax by Caillean Maureen McMahon

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Source Summary

The Gay Tax Today, I had a moment of unusual clarity. Like a lightning bolt in the sky, the darkness of the tangled alliances and motivations involved in the opposition to same-sex marriage was illuminated for me and I finally understood it all. It is about a tax. The opposition to gay and lesbian civil partnerships, domestic partnerships, marriage, benefits and adoptions is not about protecting the “sanctity of marriage” or “keeping children in the best environment.” The demand that there be no gay bashing protection, no employment protections for gays and lesbians is not about opposing “special rights.” Boycotts of shows with LGBT themes, of the companies that sponsor them or other gay events are not about family values. It is all about a tax. It is about the Gay Tax. The Gay Tax is paid in money, pain, discomfort, distress, and disadvantage. Occasionally you pay the price of

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Why this article may matter

Community significance

“The Gay Tax by Caillean Maureen McMahon” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to family and relationships, while also engaging law and civil rights. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.

Historical significance

The article may have historical value because it explicitly interprets or preserves material concerning family and relationships. Published in 2006 by Transadvocate.com, it can be read both for the history it describes and as evidence of how law and civil rights was framed at that moment.

Policy significance

The article’s strongest policy connection is labor and employment policy. It links that institutional frame to family and relationships and law and civil rights, making it potentially useful for tracing how an argument moves from description or history into law, regulation, administration, or public practice.

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Family and relationshipsTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
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Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
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Religion and moralityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
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Labor, economics, and institutionsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
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Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
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Public policy and governanceTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
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Labor and employment policy
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How “Family and relationships” appears across the Collective corpus

This article appeared 7 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.

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5 2006

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Marti Abernathey

369 publications · 249 inbound sources/citations