No Appeal In Federal DOMA Case

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/01/012405tampaAppeal.htm

Last week's ruling upholding the federal Defense of Marriage Act will not be appealed the attorney in the case announced Monday night.

"With the present Supreme Court not willing even to hear the Florida adoption case, and the possibility of newly appointed Supreme Court judges by the Bush administration being even more conservative, it would not be prudent at this time to continue this effort," said Ellis Rubin.
The case was the first legal challenge to federal DOMA.

[Wisc Badger]

1. From a Political standpoint this is probably a

wise decision.:shrug:

[davidinalameda]

2. unfortunately, you're right

[GodlessBiker]

3. The most legally significant challenge to DOMA

will be how it treats some lawfully married people differently than other lawfully married people. As I understand it, lawfully married same-sex couple in MA cannot file joint federal tax returns under DOMA. That is plainly an equal protection violation and I would think those cases will be popping up after April 15th.

[Technowitch]

4. Mayhap. All I can say is Canada is looking better all the time.