VICTORY! Same-Sex Spouses Nationwide Gain Equal Access to Social Security Survivor’s Benefits

Lambda Legal wins class action fight on behalf of surviving same-sex spouses denied equal access to survivor’s benefits due to unconstitutional marriage bans. “This is a tremendous victory for many surviving same-sex spouses nationwide who have been locked out of critical benefits because they were unlawfully barred from marriage for most of their relationships,” said Lambda Legal Counsel Peter Renn.”Many same-sex couples were in loving, long-term, and committed relationships for decades – and they shouldn’t be treated as strangers in death simply because they were unable to marry for most of that time…”

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