{"id":26473,"date":"2019-06-25T08:47:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T12:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=26473"},"modified":"2019-06-25T08:48:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T12:48:00","slug":"elizabeth-warren-wants-to-give-gay-couples-57-million-in-tax-refunds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2019\/06\/elizabeth-warren-wants-to-give-gay-couples-57-million-in-tax-refunds\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Warren wants to give gay couples $57 million in tax refunds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/warren62519.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/warren62519.jpg 800w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/warren62519-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/warren62519-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) re-introduced the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/bills\/116\/hr3294\/text\/ih\" target=\"_blank\">Refund Equality Act<\/a> in the Senate. The bill would allow same-sex couples to file joint amended tax returns to collect refunds from when they were married but before the federal government recognized those marriages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She hopes to pay same-sex couples back for years of discriminatory taxation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2004, Massachusetts became the first state to recognize marriage equality. But until the 2013&nbsp;<em>U.S. v. 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