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Widower of First Openly Gay Congressman Fights DOMA For Denying Benefits to Married Same-Sex Couples

Democracy Now!Grade F· gay politicians

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Title

Personal Story + Policy Fight

97 chars · no number · trigger: outrage

Title verbatim

"Widower of First Openly Gay Congressman Fights DOMA For Denying Benefits to Married Same-Sex Couples"

Thumbnail

subject center · emotion: concentration · face large · bright_on_dark · palette: Dark gray/blue cityscape background, dark suit and tie on subject, white/light skin tone, white text on dark red chyron bar. Muted, professional palette. No accent colors or visual pop. The red bar provides some contrast but is constrained to the lower third.

On-thumbnail text

"DEMOCRACY NOW! DEAN HARA Widow Of First Openly Gay Congressman" (9 words)

Hook

Other

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First 30 seconds

This is democracyow democracynow.org the War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman. For the second day in a row, the Supreme Court's confronting the issue of same-sex marriage, hearing arguments today on the constitutionality of DOMA, the defense of marriage act. DOMA was signed into law by President Clinton in 1996 and denies federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples. The law prevents same-sex married couples from filing joint federal tax returns, prevents a same-sex spouse from collecting Social Security survivor benefits. It also prevents federal employees from sharing health insurance

Short script

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Hook

This is democracyow democracynow.org the War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman. For the second day in a row, the Supreme Court's confronting the issue of same-sex marriage...

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