By The Huffington Post News Editors
NEW YORK — Among those fighting for the recognition of gay marriage, the prospect of the Supreme Court striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act prompts hopes for equal treatment: The same medical insurance and retirement benefits companies and the government now offer to married straight couples could soon be available to gays and lesbians.
Should the highest court reject the law, gay and lesbian couples would remain vulnerable to discrimination in terms of employer-provided benefits, legal and financial experts told The Huffington Post.
Even if DOMA disappears, and with it the official federal definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman, employers could still exclude gay couples from their benefit plans, said Todd Solomon, a partner with the Chicago law firm McDermott, Will & Emery.
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