It’s been almost three years since the Supreme Court allowed same-s*x marriage to be recognized as marriage at the federal level (U.S. Windsor, June 2013) and almost a year since the Supreme Court legalized same-s*x marriage across the United States by over-turning the gay marriage bans in 13 states (Obergefell v. Gay marriage was already legal in 37 other states plus the District of Colombia due to state action or lower court actions. Not only are both cases a tremendous victory for same-s*x couples from a social and emotional perspective but from a financial perspective as well. The most recent decision allows same-s*x couples to marry, if they so chose, in any of the 50 states and affords them the same legal benefits and protections under both state and federal law as any other married couple. It levels the playing field. It makes employee benefits and financial planning strategies always available to opposite s*x married couples, available to same-s*x married couples as well.
