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Defense of Marriage Act: 2nd judge overturns law

sfgate.com (11 months and 28 days ago)

May 26, 2012

Congress violated constitutional standards on legalized bigotry when it denied federal benefits to same-sex spouses and excluded domestic partners of state employees from long-term health coverage, a federal judge ruled... full story

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Who wins, who loses if Defense of Marriage Act dies in Supreme Court

Who wins, who loses if Defense of Marriage Act dies in Supreme Court by Richard Wolf Usa Today Published Mar 27, 2013 09:50PM MDT Washington • The federal Defense of Marriage Act may be history in a matter of months, but same-sex couples won’t be the financial winners, and the U.S. Treasury won’t be the loser. Those are but some of the unexpected consequences that could...

sltrib.com (1 month and 25 days ago)

Bill Clinton says Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional

Bill Clinton joined gay marriage advocates urging the Supreme Court to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act on Friday – 17 years after signing it into law.

nydailynews.com (2 months and 17 days ago)

Bill Clinton says Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional – 17 years after signing it into law

Bill Clinton joined gay marriage advocates urging the Supreme Court to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act on Friday – 17 years after signing it into law.

nydailynews.com (2 months and 17 days ago)

What Is DOMA? SCOTUS Hears Defense Of Marriage Act Oral Argument

Oral argument regarding the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is on the U.S. Supreme Court's Wednesday docket, and the nation's attention turns today to this crucial federal law. Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on Sept. 21, 1996, DOMA established that no American state, district or territory could be required to recognize a same-sex marriage that was performed in...

ibtimes.com (1 month and 26 days ago)

Rockefeller, Manchin split on Defense of Marriage Act

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller says he now opposes a federal law barring same-sex marriage. But his fellow Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin, still supports the U.S. Defense of Marriage Act. The two West Virginia senators offered differing views...

dailymail.com (1 month and 27 days ago)

Gay-marriage debate day 2: Supreme Court takes up Defense of Marriage Act

The federal Defense of Marriage Act may be hanging by a thread after a Supreme Court oral argument Wednesday that exposed sharp divisions over the 1996 law prohibiting same-sex married couples from obtaining myriad federal benefits.

kansascity.com (1 month and 25 days ago)

Gay marriage debate day 2: Supreme Court takes on Defense of Marriage law

A clearly divided Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with the federal Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 law that prohibits same-sex married couples from obtaining myriad federal benefits.

miamiherald.com (1 month and 25 days ago)

Supreme Court shows little love for "defense of marriage" law

A majority of Supreme Court justices signal sympathy for overturning a controversial 1996 law - the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)- that denies federal tax breaks and other benefits to legally married same-sex couples.

reuters.com (1 month and 25 days ago)

Justices raise concerns about Defense of Marriage Act defense

WASHINGTON -- A lawyer defending the federal law that denies benefits to legally married same-sex couples faced skeptical questions from key Supreme Court justices, who suggested the law wrongly discriminated against gays and improperly intruded into the right of states to define marriage.

latimes.com (1 month and 25 days ago)

Supreme Court skeptical of Defense of Marriage Act

Supreme Court skeptical of Defense of Marriage Act by Mark Sherman The Associated Press Published Mar 27, 2013 11:23AM MDT Washington • Concluding two days of intense debate, the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it could give a boost to same-sex marriage by striking down the federal law that denies legally married gay spouses a wide range of benefits offered to other...

sltrib.com (1 month and 25 days ago)

Defense of Marriage Act: 2nd judge overturns law

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