Tag: DOMA

Obama Declares DOMA Unconstitutional

Filed in National by on February 24, 2011 27 Comments

The Obama administration announced that it would no longer appeal to uphold DOMA Section 3 (which defines marriage as between a man and a woman) and declared that the law was unconstitutional.

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Breaking Now: Federal Court Strikes Down DOMA Section 3

Filed in National by on July 8, 2010 5 Comments

This is breaking on Twitter right now. The ruling isn’t out yet but a Federal District Court has struck down Section 3 of DOMA. Lambda Legal explains the court challenge: May 6, 2010 in Boston, eight married same-sex couples and three widowers were in Federal District Court to hear arguments in their challenge to Section […]

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