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Aug. 4th, 2010 08:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
phoenix64So the local newspaper has an article about the Alaska ACLU filing a lawsuit related to the fact that same-sex couples don't qualify for the same level of property tax exemptions for senior citizens and veterans that married couples do in Anchorage.
The executive director of the Alaska ACLU was quoted as saying, "We are asking the court to overturn an unconstitutional practice of the state of Alaska. Lesbian and same-sex couples who are homeowners in the state of Alaska are discriminated against."
Bwuh? I find the phrasing "gay and lesbian" mildly annoying but I've mostly accepted its existence in the vernacular. But "lesbian and same-sex couples"? HOW MUCH ARE YOU PAID?!
Unless there's something different about lesbians I haven't figured out yet. Totally plausible.
The executive director of the Alaska ACLU was quoted as saying, "We are asking the court to overturn an unconstitutional practice of the state of Alaska. Lesbian and same-sex couples who are homeowners in the state of Alaska are discriminated against."
Bwuh? I find the phrasing "gay and lesbian" mildly annoying but I've mostly accepted its existence in the vernacular. But "lesbian and same-sex couples"? HOW MUCH ARE YOU PAID?!
Unless there's something different about lesbians I haven't figured out yet. Totally plausible.
