KGO ABC World News With Diane Sawyer December 8, 2012
The real question is, how much . And, like so many landmark cases, as you point out, this one begins with the story of one american. This case is going to go down in history as edie windsor versus the united states. Edie windsor, 83 years old, is a widow now. But she had 42 happy years with the love of her life thea spyer. She was beautiful. She was smart as hell. And she was wonderful altogether. Reporter edie and thea were married but when thea died in 2009, edie got socked by the irs with 363,000 in estate taxes, which no widow in a straight marriage would have to pay. Today, the Supreme Co...