Edith "Edie" Windsor, who shared her life with her late spouse, Thea Spyer, for 44 years, filed a lawsuit against the federal government for refusing to recognize their marriage. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the "Defense of Marriage Act", a federal statute that defines marriage for all federal purposes as a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife. Windsor and Spyer were married in Canada in 2007 and were considered married by their home state of New York.
"If you live together for 42 years and you love each other all those years and take care of each other all those years, how could marriage be different? It turns out its different... and you don't know why."
-Edie Windsor
Please watch this video, it is so touching. And stand with Edie and the ACLU in the fight for justice and equality.
"It's so hard to say why it matters, why marriage is different. But marriage is different. It has to do with our dignity all together, our dignity as human beings and our being able to be who we are openly."
-Edie Windsor
There is a documentary, Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement, that 'recounts how their improbable romance ignited a lifelong journey around the world and through history. Though touched by events like the civil rights movement and the Stonewall riots, Edie and Thea's relationship transcends politics and is a shining example of love's ability to endure.'
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