Calif. court challenge to DOMA dismissed on technicality
Qnews Aug 25 09
A federal judge on Monday dismissed on a technicality a challenge filed by a California couple to the so-called “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA).
DOMA bars the federal government from treating same-sex marriages as legal or granting federal benefits to same-sex spouses.
The case became notorious earlier this year when the Obama administration filed a brief defending DOMA. In that first brief, the DOJ used used anti-gay arguments that one LGBT advocate described as “malicious and outrageous”.
After the flurry of criticism of its initial brief, DOJ filed a second brief last week in which it said, “This administration does not support DOMA as a matter of policy, believes that it is discriminatory, and supports its repeal. Full story...
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