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Lesbian couple turned away by Indiana tax preparer four years after Mike Pence signed anti-LGBTQ law
Source: The Independent
Lesbian couple turned away by Indiana tax preparer four years after Mike Pence signed anti-LGBTQ law
Sarah Harvard
,The Independent•February 19, 2019
A married lesbian couple in Indiana were turned away by a tax preparer when they attempted to file their taxes jointly last week, making them one of many victims of the state’s anti-LGBTQ laws.
Bailey and Samantha Brazzel got married last July and decided to file their taxes jointly for the first time.
The couple went to Carter Tax Service in Russiaville to meet with Nancy Fivecoate, a tax preparer Ms Bailey used for the last four years.
“We went in there and sat down just like we always would, and then she said, ‘How are you filing this year?,’ and I said ‘married joint,’ and that’s when it went downhill,” Ms Bailey Brazzel said.
When Ms Fivecoate discovered that the same-sex couple will be filing jointly, she refused to file their taxes based on religious grounds.
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Sarah Harvard
,The Independent•February 19, 2019
A married lesbian couple in Indiana were turned away by a tax preparer when they attempted to file their taxes jointly last week, making them one of many victims of the state’s anti-LGBTQ laws.
Bailey and Samantha Brazzel got married last July and decided to file their taxes jointly for the first time.
The couple went to Carter Tax Service in Russiaville to meet with Nancy Fivecoate, a tax preparer Ms Bailey used for the last four years.
“We went in there and sat down just like we always would, and then she said, ‘How are you filing this year?,’ and I said ‘married joint,’ and that’s when it went downhill,” Ms Bailey Brazzel said.
When Ms Fivecoate discovered that the same-sex couple will be filing jointly, she refused to file their taxes based on religious grounds.
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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/lesbian-couple-turned-away-indiana-212623308.html
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