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DOMA No More

Posted by T. Resnikoff // June 26th 2013 // Issues and Trends, Social Justice // no comments

DOMA deprives the equal liberty of persons that is protected by the Fifth Amendment.

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The Unites States Supreme Court today voting 5-4 struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, a United States federal law that restricted federal marriage benefits and required inter-state marriage recognition to only opposite-sex marriages in the United States.

 

Learn more about today’s Supreme Court ruling and the Defense of Marriage Act:

Defense of Marriage Act on Wikipedia.

Supreme Court DOMA Decision Rules Federal Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional on Huffington Post.

Commentary and analysis of the Supreme Court decision on SCOTUSBLOG

 

 

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Ted Resnikoff is the Digital Communications Editor at the Unitarian Universalist Association.
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