The White House has issued a brief asking the Supreme Court to reject Section 3 of DOMA because it allows unconstitutional discrimination.
The Obama administration implored the Supreme Court on Friday to strike out a section from the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutional discrimination.
"Section 3 of DOMA violates the fundamental constitutional guarantee of equal protection," the U.S. said in a brief.
DOMA, a 1996 federal law, defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Section 3 of the law permits state and federal authorities to deny typical benefits that same-sex couples enjoy, such as Social Security survivors' benefits.
The brief was filed in the United States v. Windsor case. Oral arguments are scheduled for March 27, reported NBC News.
"The law denies to tens of thousands of same-sex couples who are legally married under state law an array of important federal benefits that are available to legally married opposite-sex couples," the brief reads.
They just need to get rid of it altogether, make same sex marriage legal across the country at a federal level and ban states from trying to keep it illegal. It's ridiculous that a couple's marriage is recognized in one state, but suddenly invalid in the state next door.
Stike down the whole thing for heavens sake!
If the gov't would put more effort into other kinds of fraud istead of considering domestic partnering fraud perhaps a few people would be enlightened.
Quoting randi1978:They just need to get rid of it altogether, make same sex marriage legal across the country at a federal level and ban states from trying to keep it illegal. It's ridiculous that a couple's marriage is recognized in one state, but suddenly invalid in the state next door.
Quoting randi1978:
They just need to get rid of it altogether, make same sex marriage legal across the country at a federal level and ban states from trying to keep it illegal. It's ridiculous that a couple's marriage is recognized in one state, but suddenly invalid in the state next door.
I agree!
Didn't the Supreme Court already declare it unconstitutional?
Not his place, but then he thinks all things are his business and he's overreaching.
Who would you save?
- stormcris
on Feb. 23, 2013 at 11:21 AM