Commitment runs deep

Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that as far as federal cases in court are concerned, same-sex couples will be treated the same as straight couples. That includes the right to decline to give testimony against a spouse, the ability to file jointly for bankruptcy, receive Public Safety Officer surviving spouse benefits, and the same rights as straight spouses when one of them is an inmate. All programs administered by the Justice Department will treat same-sex couples the same as straight couples.

Holder announced this position during the Human Rights Campaign gala. In his speech he said:

As all-important as the fight against racial discrimination was then [in the 1960s], and remains today, know this: My commitment to confronting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity runs just as deep.