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VA extends military benefits to same-sex couples

By Tara Copp
Published June 29, 2015 8:56pm ET
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VA extends military benefits to same-sex couples
Retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Eric Bullen, of Westborough, Mass., left, holds an American flag as U.S. Army veteran Ian Ryan, of Dennis, Mass., front right, rolls up an OutVets banner after marching with a group representing LGBT military veterans in a Veterans Day parade, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in Boston. It was the first time a group representing LGBT military veterans marched in the parade. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) | Steven Senne

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday that it will begin offering the same pension, death and other benefits to the same-sex spouses of military veterans that it provides heterosexual married veterans, following last week’s Supreme Court ruling.

On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution requires all states to allow same-sex marriages and recognize the lawful same-sex marriages of other states.

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