DOMA repeal legislation introduced

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Feinstein introduces legislation to repeal DOMA. Sen. Diane Feinstein promised and delivered. The senator from California has introduced a bill to repeal DOMA. “There are tens of thousands of legally married same-sex couples in the United States, and more than 18,000 in my home state of California alone,” Feinstein said in her news release. “These couples live their lives like all married people; they share the bills, they raise children together, and they care for each other in good times and bad, in sickness and in health, until death do they part. But because of (the Defense of Marriage Act), they have been denied federal protections. It is time to right this wrong. This bill will ensure that all married couples in the United States enjoy equal protection of our laws.” The senate version has 19 sponsors, including Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Patrick Leahy of Vermont. “I look forward to the day when all states accept this basic principle of fairness. I will work with my Senate colleagues to end the discrimination currently enshrined into US law and make marriage equality a reality for all,” the Empire State senator said. A corresponding bill, the legislation is called the Respect for Marriage Act, was also introduced in the House of Representatives. Reps. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, Jared Polis of Colorado, and David Cicilline of Rhode Island lead that battle.

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