DOMA is declared unconstitutional

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The "Defense of Marriage Act" has been recently ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. This means that married homosexuals will have equal rights and benefits for all married couples

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-doma-supreme-court-ruling-20130626,0,6846934.story
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/26/supreme-court-doma-decision_n_3454811.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-rules-gay-marriage-cases/story?id=19492896#.Ucr2HbW0J8E
http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/26/19151971-supreme-court-strikes-down-defense-of-marriage-act-paves-way-for-gay-marriage-to-resume-in-california
 
most people predicted this would be the outcome anyways, so not really surprising

pretty important though
 
eet iz good day to be advocate for equality, social justice, and civil rights
 
it doesn't really change much though as states still have the final say on marriage

it's a great first step though
 
Viridi said:
it doesn't really change much though as states still have the final say on marriage

it's a great first step though
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Maybe one day it will be on the federal level, hopefully
 
"Defense of Marriage" is also an idiotic name, so I'm glad we got this poopoo off our U.S. law.
 
IIRC, only the Section 3 of DOMA is declared unconstitutional under the 5th Amendment due process clause of the Constitution.

But I'm confused on what happened. Like, what did DOMA even do, and what did removing that Section do again?
 
Unknown Entity said:
My politics level is one so could someone explain this in simpler terms? Pwetty pwease?
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Like I'm just confused on how much it affects.

I'm hearing that now it pulls the restrictions off of marriage, allowing gays can marry as well, but I'm also hearing that states still control whether or not to uphold the restrictions. Then I'm hearing that DOMA only afffected like 3 states, so the removal did very little to most of the country, and I'm just confused on all that I'm hearing.
 
Baby Luigi said:
Viridi said:
it doesn't really change much though as states still have the final say on marriage

it's a great first step though
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Maybe one day it will be on the federal level, hopefully
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well, my ideal fix is for government to have nothing to do with marriage at all

but that odds of that happening are next to none
Unknown Entity said:
My politics level is one so could someone explain this in simpler terms? Pwetty pwease?
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The big deal about DOMA was that gay marriage was not recognized on a federal level. So, for example, even if you lived in a state where it's legal, you could still get hit by the same federal taxes that unmarried people are hit with, despite getting state tax benefits.

Or at least that's what the case that was brought to the Supreme Court was about.
 
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