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Former Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe voted ‘yes’ for marriage equality in Maine
Former U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) said on Friday that her views of same sex marriage have changed along with the majority of the U.S. public’s. In an interview with CNN, the moderate Republican said that she no longer supports the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) — the 1996 law…
Supreme Court posts audio and transcripts of DOMA arguments
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in favor and against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the 1996 Act of Congress that defined marriage on a federal level as being between and man and a woman. The plaintiff before the court today was Edith Windsor, who was…
Watch live: Marriage equality activists rally outside of Supreme Court during DOMA arguments
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Supreme Court to hear Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) case on Wednesday
The rights of married same-sex couples will come under scrutiny at the US Supreme Court on Wednesday in the second of two landmark cases being considered by the top judicial panel. After the nine justices mulled arguments on a California law that outlawed gay marriage on Tuesday, they will take…
Why Is Gay Marriage Different Than Abortion?
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about DOMA and Prop 8 today, and there’s a lot of anticipation now, especially since they could truly use this opportunity to not only strike down these laws but also to make same-sex marriage a right held by all Americans. Unsurprisingly, same-sex marriage opponents…
Former federal election officials file Supreme Court brief against Defense of Marriage Act
Six former officials at the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) filed a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on the grounds that it stifles political speech for same sex couples. According to The Huffington Post, the brief states, “The so-called ‘spouse exemptions’…
Rand Paul: I don’t understand same sex marriage
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who describes himself as a libertarian, said Wednesday that he opposed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) because it could unintentionally result in same-sex marriage becoming legal. “I believe in traditional marriage,” he said during an interview with Bryan Fischer of the American Family…
Same sex couples demand Sen. Chuck Schumer support immigration equality
A dozen same sex binational couples from New York — who, because of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) are not allowed green cards when they marry — dropped in on Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) Manhattan offices on January 15, 2013 to thank him for his support and ask him…
Rep. Polis mocks ‘big spending’ Republicans over DOMA ‘lawyer stimulus’
Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO), one of the few openly gay members of Congress, blasted Republicans on Thursday for re-committing to spending taxpayer dollars on the legal defense of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Republicans included language in the Rules of the House for the new 113th Congress that authorizes…
Supreme Court to make procedural ruling on who can argue DOMA case
The U.S. Supreme Court has invited a Harvard professor to argue that the nine justices cannot hear one of the two same sex marriage cases it is slated to rule on in spring of 2013. The Associated Press reported that constitutional law professor Vicki C. Jackson has been asked to…
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