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To: jazusamo

When was the law changed that allows this? Did the legal ruling have anything to do with federal law?


5 posted on 07/12/2013 1:44:35 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (If you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil!)
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To: VerySadAmerican
It seems SCOTUS changed it when they found DOMA unconstitutional.
6 posted on 07/12/2013 1:50:04 PM PDT by jazusamo ("I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white." T. Sowell)
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To: VerySadAmerican
When was the law changed that allows this? Did the legal ruling have anything to do with federal law?

Yes, the suit concerned a direct challenge to a federal law, the Defense of Marriage Act. By striking down the law as unconstitutional, the Supreme Court changed federal statutes.

13 posted on 07/12/2013 2:13:00 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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