Friday, August 10, 2012

German Constitutional Court Says Civil Partners Must Get Same Treatment As Spouses In Tax Law

In In re the Constitutional Complaints of Mr. P, (Fed. Const. Ct. Germany, July 21, 2012), Germany's Constitutional Court held that the prior version of Germany's Gift and Inheritance Tax Act was unconstitutional under Germany's Basic Law because it treated same-sex civil partners differently than spouses in a traditional marriage. Deutsche Welle reported on the decision.

1 comments:

Karen Grube said...

That's just stupid because same-sex partners absolutely, unquestionably do not bring the same benefit to society that opposite sex couples do - children and a more stable civil society, where kids actually know who their real parents are. How dumb is that?