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Most federal programs and laws treat same-sex couples differently from married heterosexual couples. List two of these differences, according to the text.
 
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The United States currently offers parents:
 
  a) 12 weeks of unpaid leave
   b) 14 weeks of paid leave at 60 percent salary
   c) 16 weeks on paid leave
   d) 18 weeks of unpaid leave
   e) 3 years of unpaid leave



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Answer to Question 1

(1) Social Security pays survivor benefits to widows and widowers, but not to the surviving same-sex life partner of the deceased; (2) Married couples are eligible for Social Security spousal benefits; (3) Medicaid regulations protect the assets and homes of married spouses when the other spouse enters a nursing home or long-term care facility; no such protections are offered to same-sex partners; (4) Tax laws and other regulations of 401(k)s and pensions discriminate against same-sex partnersbecause they cannot legally marry in most states, the surviving partner would have to pay a 20 percent federal tax.

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