--- title: Federal Benefits Will Be Available to All Same-Sex Couples description: Federal marriage benefits will now be extended to all same-sex couples in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision. canonical: https://time.com/3950928/same-sex-couples-federal-benefits/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-09T13:58:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:05:25.549Z article:section: Politics og:title: Federal Benefits Will Be Available to All Same-Sex Couples og:description: Federal marriage benefits will now be extended to all same-sex couples in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision. og:url: https://time.com/3950928/same-sex-couples-federal-benefits/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f6a351955323ab0/69885327524fc0cc60df2f56/loretta-lynch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: Loretta Lynch testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Federal Benefits Will Be Available to All Same-Sex Couples twitter:description: Federal marriage benefits will now be extended to all same-sex couples in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f6a351955323ab0/69885327524fc0cc60df2f56/loretta-lynch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Federal Benefits Will Be Available to All Same-Sex Couples > Sponsored content. 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The Supreme Court [decided in a 5-4 ruling](http://time.com/3937244/supreme-court-gay-marriage-decision/) last month that all states must grant same-sex couples marriage licenses and recognize similar unions from other states. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3950928/same-sex-couples-federal-benefits/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3950928/same-sex-couples-federal-benefits/"},"headline":"Federal Benefits Will Be Available to All Same-Sex Couples","datePublished":"2015-07-09T13:58:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:05:25.549Z","description":"Following Supreme Court ruling","url":"https://time.com/3950928/same-sex-couples-federal-benefits/","keywords":["LGBT","White House","same sex marriage","Benefits"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f6a351955323ab0/69885327524fc0cc60df2f56/loretta-lynch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f6a351955323ab0/69885327524fc0cc60df2f56/loretta-lynch.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Loretta Lynch testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington","caption":"Loretta Lynch testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington","creditText":"© Kevin Lamarque / Reuters—REUTERS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/lgbt/","name":"LGBT"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3950928/same-sex-couples-federal-benefits/","name":"Federal Benefits Will Be Available to All Same-Sex Couples"}}]}] ```