The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled unanimously today that the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional. While it left to the Supreme Court the question of whether there is a constitutional right to marry, the jurists were clear that denying federal benefits to legally married couples in the state of Massachusetts was a denial of equal protection and interfered with a state’s right to define marriage.
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The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today in a unanimous decision in Gill v. Office of Personnel Management and Massachusetts v. United States that Section 3 of the so-called “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA) is unconstitutional... Read Post
The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston has affirmed a ruling declaring the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, bringing the case one step closer to an ultimate resolution at the Supreme Court. Read Post
The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court after a three judges on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston ruled unanimously that the 1996 law that deprives same-sex couples of the rights and priv... Read Post