In DOMA, Prop. 8 cases, Supreme Court advances same-sex marriage Written by Max Ehrenfreund E-mail the writer The Supreme Court ruled in favor of advocates of same-sex marriage Wednesday, striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act and declining to review a lower court’s invalidation of Proposition 8, a California law. The court did not go so far as to declare marriage a fundamental right that all states must respect, but its decisions in the two cases were still seen as victories for gay rights: In striking down a key part of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the court declared that gay couples married in states where it is legal must receive the same federal health, tax,...
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