Shepherd also told dispatchers that Perkins was bleeding, "just barely" awake and that it looked as though she was wounded in the back. She said Perkins moved when she spoke to her. They said in an incident report that they found Perkins' body on the floor of the master bathroom.The truth is that our ability to marry is being decided at the ballot box, in state legislatures, in the courts, and finally now, in the Supreme Court. While we know that we must win more states and continue to grow public support for marriage equality, it is likely that we will have to persuade Congress or the Supreme Court to end marriage discrimination. Today, because of the socalled Defense of Marriage Act, the federal government discriminates against married same sex couples by not granting them the federal benefits and protections that are granted to married oppositesex couples.

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