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DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional

will_8080 Wrote: May 31, 2012 3:30 PM
Marc_H: Now you have a right to marry a person of the same sex in many states. See? More options for you! Good luck.

A federal judge has ruled the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, setting up a battle over the law at the Supreme Court.

The three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston ruled that the provision defining marriage as between a man and woman is unconstitutional in that it denies gay couples the rights granted to heterosexual couples.

The unanimous decision once again brings the issue of gay marriage to the fore of the nation's political debate. It comes just a few weeks after President Obama announced his support for...

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