What would happen if every Gay person stopped paying their taxes?
What would happen if every Gay person stopped paying their taxes?
Huss417
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#1What would happen if every Gay person stopped paying their taxes?
Posted: 3/28/13 at 2:32pmJust curious how others feel about this. I have to wait and see what SCOTUS does but why should I have to pay 100% of my taxes if not considered a 100% citizen in this country?
OrdinaryJukebox
Featured Actor Joined: 6/7/06
#2What would happen if every Gay person stopped paying their taxes?
Posted: 3/28/13 at 2:34pm
I've been saying that for years. We're not good enough to be covered under federal laws but our money is good enough to be taxed??
The sting really takes its toll when my husband and I do our taxes every year; we see the money we COULD and SHOULD be getting back but don't because we're not recognized on the federal level. It's infuriating!!
#2What would happen if every Gay person stopped paying their taxes?
Posted: 3/28/13 at 2:41pm
I think there are groups out there organized around this notion, Huss. I don't know anything about them other than that they exist.
I haven't given this a lot of thought, but I tend to lean away from this idea. I know it's not the same. But I don't agree when religious people say they shouldn't have to pay taxes if the money goes to things like abortion, etc. I pay taxes even though it goes to things I disagree with, like war.
I think taxes are what they are. We all have to pay them and the details will never suit everyone. But that's the process.
Nobody's interests are fully represented and someone always feel like they're paying for something they don't agree with.
That's my general feeling. But I'm open to being convinced otherwise.
wexy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#3What would happen if every Gay person stopped paying their taxes?
Posted: 3/28/13 at 2:56pm
everyone would be gay 
suestorm
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/15/13
#4What would happen if every Gay person stopped paying their taxes?
Posted: 3/28/13 at 2:57pmask Wesley Snipes!
Huss417
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#5What would happen if every Gay person stopped paying their taxes?
Posted: 3/28/13 at 4:13pm
Well an example is something like the Inheritance tax. If you are the "spouse" most of the time you don't pay taxes but being someones partner you would have to pay.
I heard of one gay couple that were together for 20 years. When one partner passed the other could not afford to pay the taxes without selling the house. These are the issues that need to be addressed.
We can all make jokes and yours was a really good one Wexy but something does need to be done on a national level. Just trying to figure out the best way.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#6What would happen if every Gay person stopped paying their taxes?
Posted: 3/28/13 at 5:17pm
I have said that EVERYONE should stop paying taxes, if they aren't happy with the way the government is being run. And I always get people looking at me like I'm crazy.
I would love to see what the IRS would do if a huge portion of the population just said UP YOURS!
We just finished the taxes for last year and we have to, in total, fill out our taxes 8 times between the state and Federal. It's a giant pain in the ass and we still don't get the same deductions as a straight married couple.
#7What would happen if every Gay person stopped paying their taxes?
Posted: 3/28/13 at 5:28pmDidn't Melissa Ethridge try to get all gay people in the USA to do this a few years ago?
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#8What would happen if every Gay person stopped paying their taxes?
Posted: 3/28/13 at 9:20pmIf all gay people stopped paying their taxes, all gay people would get their houses repossessed.
#9What would happen if every Gay person stopped paying their taxes?
Posted: 3/29/13 at 9:17amWay back when, around the time of the invention of dirt, you could actually say where you wanted your taxes to go. Seriously. Then Washington realized no one wanted to fund their little fantasy war games and stopped the option.
#10What would happen if every Gay person stopped paying their taxes?
Posted: 3/29/13 at 9:57am
Just curious how others feel about this. I have to wait and see what SCOTUS does but why should I have to pay 100% of my taxes if not considered a 100% citizen in this country?
Because taxes are not something you vote on. Elected officials are. This is something that is taught, I believe, in the third or fourth grade.
Perhaps instead of posting pointless, "slacktivist" questions on the Internet, you might consider getting involved in advocacy work with groups that have been working for years to make this happen. I would start with Evan Wolfson's Freedom to Marry. You'll find information there about your tax penalties and rights and what's being done about them.
Freedom to Marry is the campaign to win marriage nationwide
#11What would happen if every Gay person stopped paying their taxes?
Posted: 3/29/13 at 4:11pm^ I'm a part of that! Excellent organization!
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