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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Supreme Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act - Washington Post National News Alert

Supreme Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act - 
Washington Post National News Alert

The Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that denies federal benefits to same-sex couples who are legally married in the states where they reside. The court said it violated equal protection to provide benefits to heterosexual couples while denying them to gay couples in the 12 states plus the District of Columbia where same-sex couples may marry. The law passed by bipartisan majorities in Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton recognized marriage as only between one man and one woman. 

Read more at: 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court/2013/06/26/f0039814-d9ab-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_story.html 
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