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Federal Judges' Ruling Raises Question of Justice Department's Defense of Anti-Gay Marriage Law

By Brandy Ringer

Richard Socarides [President Equality Matters]: "This is another important ruling from a federal District Court raising serious questions as to the validity of the Justice Department's defense of the federal anti-gay marriage law. It's an important development because it adds to the growing willingness of the federal bench to take a closer look at the government's assertions that this law should pass low-level constitutional muster and because the judge's reasoning and language was persuasive: that the Defense of Marriage Act actually changed the rules by "robbing states of the power to allow same-sex civil marriages that will be recognized under federal law." The administration cannot continue to advocate for this

Full post as published by JURIST - Hotline on February 08, 2011 (boomark / email).