When the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) provision defining “marriage” only as a legal union between one man and woman last year, it directly affected the way married same-sex couples could file their federal income tax.
Edith “Edie” Windsor, the plaintiff in the June 2013 Supreme Court decision that struck down the so-called “Defense of Marriage Act,” is on the editorial short list of 5 – coming in at #3 - for Time Magazine’s person of the year.
