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 ![]()
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...
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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.
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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)
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...
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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)
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)
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)
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.
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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.
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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...
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