Ruling Declares Government Discriminated Against Edie Windsor After Death of Same-Sex Spouse
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2012. A federal appeals court ruled today that the so-called “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA) unconstitutionally discriminates against married same-sex couples.
In striking down DOMA, the court held that government discrimination against lesbians and gay men now is assumed to be unconstitutional and that DOMA’s defenders could not offer any good reason for treating married same-sex couples differently from all…
