Live Updates: Gay Marriage at the Supreme Court (ABC via Yahoo)
Not sure how complete, timely this update will be today. Just ran across this on Yahoo, fwiw. ~ pinto
Live Updates: Gay Marriage at the Supreme Court
By Z. Byron Wolf | ABC OTUS News 36 mins ago
Refresh here throughout the day for color from inside and outside the Supreme Court as justices hear arguments on gay marriage.
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Today starts two days of arguments at the Supreme Court over gay marriage. The justices will consider two separate cases.
First up, on Tuesday: whether the California gay marriage ban enacted by Proposition 8 is constitutional.
Then, on Wednesday, lawmakers will hear arguments about the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which was passed with broad bipartisan support in 1996 and signed into law by President Bill Clinton. DOMA defines marriage as between one man and a woman and denies federal benefits to same-sex couples who are legally married in their states.
But as states begin to OK gay marriage - nine currently allow it - same-sex married couples will expect the same federal benefits that straight couples get.
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