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Bi-national same sex couples file lawsuit against DOMA
The federal government’s Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was challenged in court on Monday when five legally married same sex partners filed a lawsuit arguing that the law is unfair to bi-national couples. In the suit, the couples (who want to apply for green cards) allege that DOMA violates their…
House Democrats call on Boehner to stop defending DOMA at taxpayer expense
House Democrats on Monday questioned why House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) was continuing to provide legal defense for the Defense of Marriage Act even though a federal court had declared a provision of the law unconstitutional. “[W]e have long believed that DOMA is unconstitutional,” wrote Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Barney…
Lawsuit could make DOMA apply to private companies
A lawsuit being heard this week in Pennsylvania could rewrite how the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is applied across civil society, and potentially spark a dramatic expansion of the law’s terms that would force private companies to not recognize same sex spouses. The lawsuit boils down to benefits due…
Upstate New York same sex couples: DOMA is next!
Although the celebrations when New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) signed marriage equality into law were more voluble in New York City, the end of the political struggle for same sex couples to gain the right to marry had at least as big an impact on those couples — and…
Barney Frank to marry partner Jim Ready
Outgoing Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank is preparing for his new role as a married man. NECN reported on Thursday that Frank will tie the knot with his longtime partner, Jim Ready, in a ceremony in Massachusetts. The couple has been together since 2007. “Look, I have a partner now, Jim…
NJ Senator supports repeal of DOMA for gay marriage
In a complete reversal from his position 15 years, Sen. Bob Menedez (D-NJ) vowed Sunday morning to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and support same-sex marriages. According to a column written in the New Jersey Star-Ledger, Menedez came to his current stance on the issue after much thought.…
Judge mulls overturning federal marriage law
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A U.S. judge appeared sympathetic to a lesbian federal employee’s bid to strike down a law denying health-insurance benefits to her spouse, in the first hearing since the Obama administration decided to quit defending the statute. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White heard two hours of arguments…
Cain would ‘overturn the Supreme Court if they overturned DOMA’
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain declared Saturday that he would “overturn” the Supreme Court if they legalized same sex marriage. During a debate at the First Federated Church in Des Moines, Iowa, National Organization for Marriage (NOM) president Brian Brown asked the Republican candidates what they would do if the…
Huckabee: Obama alienating blacks with gay marriage decision
Fox News employee and Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee said Sunday that President Barack Obama’s decision not to defend key parts of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was actually alienating his African American base. In a Wednesday statement, Attorney General Eric Holder wrote, “the President and I have concluded…
Why isn’t my (love, commitment, and) marriage recognized in all 50 states?
Most readers are well aware of the answer to this question — the Defense of Marriage Act. Under the law, also known as DOMA, no state (or other political subdivision within the United States) needs to treat as a marriage a same-sex relationship considered a marriage in another state (DOMA,…
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