Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) (, and ) is a United States federal law that defines marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Fresh from a favorable ruling by a federal appeals court, Dorene Bowe-Shulman can't wait for the U.
S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether same-sex married couples should get the same federal benefits as heterosexual couples."I really look forward to the next step," said Bowe-Shulman, one of 17 people from Massachusetts who sued to challenge the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.On Thursday, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the law's denial of an array of federal benefits to same-sex couples is unconstitutional, affirming a ruling by a federal judge in 2010. Opponents and supporters of gay marriage said the case is now almost certainly headed to the Supreme Court.Bowe-Shulman, 46, said she wants the case to go before the Supreme Court because it will put a national spotlight on the law and "expose the injustice of DOMA to more people."Bowe-Shulman said she and her wife pay about $100 more in taxes each month because she is taxed as part of her wif...Gay service members from Army soldiers to Air Force officers are planning to celebrate the official end of the military's 17-year policy that forced them to hide the...
Democratic strategist Dan Gerstein on president's decision on DOMA
Gays and lesbians are not entitled to the same heightened legal protection and scrutiny against discrimination as racial minorities and women in part because they ar...
President Obama openly spoke of repealing the Defense of Marriage Act at a fundraiser Monday, as he defended his personal view that gay couples should have the right...
Dr. Robert Jeffress and Marc Solomon discuss whether or not the repeal of this act opens 'Pandora's Box'
Gay rights advocates are criticizing the Obama Justice Department after its attorneys filed a court motion Thursday in support of the Defense of Marriage Act despite...
A judge in California has ruled that the federal law that prohibits recognition of same-sex unions is unconstitutional because it denies long-term health insurance b...
Did legal powerhouse bow to political pressure from gay rights groups?
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration filed court papers Monday claiming a federal marriage law discriminates against gays, even as government lawyers continued to ...
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi isn't known as a small-government advocate. But she and members of her camp have sounded more like fiscal conservatives ever sin...
Rep. Barney Frank, the first openly gay member of Congress, said Sunday he thinks President Obama's gay marriage endorsement will not sway anybody's vote. Though Was...
Will the president's reversal matter come November?
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday against a central provision of the Defense of Marriage Act, a groundbreaking decision that tees up a potential battle before t...
A battle over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman appears headed for the Supreme Court after an appeals court ruled Thursday tha...
A battle over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman appears headed for the Supreme Court after an appeals court ruled Thursday tha...
A married lesbian couple living in Vermont who were threatened with being separated by federal immigration authorities have been granted a reprieve.Japanese immigran...
John Hlinko and Matt Mackowiak weigh in on the Obama and Romney attacks
Senate Democrats who back gay marriage have decided now is the time to repeal a federal law defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman.The Democrats may sat...
Why is the country debating gay marriage right now? The deficit is out of control. The economy is stuck in neutral. Incomes are flat. Unemployment is stubbornly high...
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