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Military widow Karen Morgan makes case against Defense of Marriage Act
Thursday night on Current TV’s “Viewpoint,” host John Fugelsang welcomed Karen Morgan, widow of U.S. Army veteran Charlie Morgan, who died of breast cancer. Karen Morgan, who married Charlie in Vermont in a civil union in 2000, is being denied spousal benefits under the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the…
Anti-DOMA plaintiff Charlie Morgan dies of breast cancer before Supreme Court ruling
Soldier who fought for same-sex equality succumbs to breast cancer before Supreme Court ruling on Defence of Marriage Act Charlie Morgan, a career soldier from New Hampshire, has been at the forefront of the battle for equality for years. She came out on TV when the US military’s “don’t ask,…
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