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I'm kind of shaking here...I really thought this day would never happen. After the first decision came down, I was really prepared for a split call.
1 - DOMA - the reviled Defense of Marriage Act that denies legally married same-sex couples the right to receive Federal employment benefits, has been struck down:
"DOMA’s principal effect is to identify and make unequal a subset of state-sanctioned marriages. By seeking to displace this protection and treating those persons as living in marriages less respected than others, the federal statute is in violation of the Fifth Amendment." — JUSTICE ANTHONY M. KENNEDY
2 - The lawsuit brought by the opponants of same-sex marriage to enforce Proposition 8 as been found to be without standing. California can resume its legal obligation to perform same-sex marriages.
In the California case, the court ruled that opponents of same-sex marriage did not have standing to appeal a a lower-court ruling that overturned California’s ban. The Supreme Court’s ruling appears to remove legal obstacles to same-sex couples marrying in the state, but the court did not issue a broad ruling likely to affect other states.
1 - DOMA - the reviled Defense of Marriage Act that denies legally married same-sex couples the right to receive Federal employment benefits, has been struck down:
"DOMA’s principal effect is to identify and make unequal a subset of state-sanctioned marriages. By seeking to displace this protection and treating those persons as living in marriages less respected than others, the federal statute is in violation of the Fifth Amendment." — JUSTICE ANTHONY M. KENNEDY
2 - The lawsuit brought by the opponants of same-sex marriage to enforce Proposition 8 as been found to be without standing. California can resume its legal obligation to perform same-sex marriages.
In the California case, the court ruled that opponents of same-sex marriage did not have standing to appeal a a lower-court ruling that overturned California’s ban. The Supreme Court’s ruling appears to remove legal obstacles to same-sex couples marrying in the state, but the court did not issue a broad ruling likely to affect other states.
