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Same-Sex Spouses Can Now Get Social Security Survivor's Benefits
Pictured: Helen Thornton (at right) and at left with her partner, Marge BrownSame-sex spouses who were ineligible for Social Security survivor’s benefits because of discriminatory marriage laws can now receive them, thanks to court decisions and the federal government’s withdrawal of its appeals of those rulings.The Social Security Administration and the Department of Justice announced Monday that they were ending the appeals. U.S.