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Government drops defense of anti-gay-marriage law

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President Barack Obama ordered his administration on Wednesday to stop defending the constitutionality of a federal law that bans recognition of gay marriage, a policy reversal that could have major implications for the rights and benefits of gay couples and reignite an emotional debate for the 2012 presidential campaign.

Full post as published by Yahoo Law News on February 23, 2011 (boomark / email).

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