Judge Rules Part of Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional
By
Kevin Fayle
on July 09, 2010
| Last updated on March 21, 2019
A federal district court judge in Massachusetts has ruled that Section
3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, which limits the definition of
marriage to heterosexual unions for purposes of federal law, violated
the equal protection rights of homosexual married couples by denying
them access to marriage-based federal benefits. Judge Rules Part of Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional
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