Idaho veteran might finally get permission to be buried with her wife after marriage ban ruling [View all]

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Last month, the state denied 74-year-old Madelynn Taylor’s request for permission to be interred with her deceased wife Jean Mixner in the Veterans Cemetery, despite Taylor’s six years of service in the Navy.

The couple had married in California before Mixner’s death in 2012, but due to Idaho’s same-sex marriage ban, the state said it could not recognize the marriage, or afford them the burial rights of married partners.

However, following Tuesday’s decision by Judge Candy Dale to strike down the constitutional ban, it is possible that she will soon be granted permission to be interred with Mixner.

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/05/15/us-idaho-veteran-might-finally-get-permission-to-be-buried-with-wife-after-marriage-ban-ruling/

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Provided that the appeal is defeated, she will be able to be buried with her wife when the time comes.