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Edith Windsor: Case against Defense of Marriage Act ‘went beautifully’

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Edith Windsor, the 83-year-old woman challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act, said Wednesday that her case “went beautifully.” “I am today an out lesbian who just sued the United States of America, which is kind of overwhelming for me,” she said after being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.…

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83-year-old widow asks Supreme Court to strike Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on grounds of discrimination

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Lawyers for Edith Windsor file brief ahead of March 7 hearing that urges justices to find anti-gay legislation unconstitutional Edith Windsor, the New York widow at the centre of a US supreme court legal challenge to the act that bans federal recognition of same-sex marriage, put her case on Tuesday…

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New York federal appeals court hears latest Defense of Marriage Act case

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Edith Windsor’s case is one of several challenges winding their way through US courts for possible supreme court hearing An 83-year-old marriage equality campaigner was at New York’s federal appeals court on Thursday for the latest stage of her fight against a federal act that defines marriage as between a…

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