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Boston Judge rules DOMA unconstituional

Started by Dawn D., July 08, 2010, 05:22:51 PM

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July 08, 2010, 05:22:51 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/08/judge-rules-federal-gay-marriage-ban-unconstitutional/

A U.S. judge in Boston has ruled that a federal gay marriage ban is unconstitutional because it interferes with the right a state to define marriage.

U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro on Thursday ruled in favor of gay couples' rights in two separate challenges to the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act.

The state had argued the law denied benefits such as Medicaid
to gay married couples in Massachusetts, where same-sex unions have been legal since 2004
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