MA: Analysis of the Case Against the Defense of Marriage Act

The focus of the legal dispute over the federal refusal to recognize same-sex unions has shifted from California to Massachusetts, where the courts will tackle the question of whether Congress must treat all state-approved marriages equally. On one side are gay and lesbian couples who can't file joint tax returns, receive their partners' Social Security benefits or enjoy other rights that the government grants to opposite-sex spouses. They are joined by the state of Massachusetts, which says it is being forced by federal law to become an accomplice to discrimination. On the other side is the Obama administration, which says the law it is defending is wrongheaded but constitutional. Full Story from SFGate: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/12/01/MNF51A8UO8.DTL

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