With a ruling from a federal judge in Connecticut finding that parts of the Defense of Marriage Act are unconstitutional, the definition of marriage as existing solely between a man and a woman is finding even fewer defenders.
U.S. District Judge Vanessa L.Bryant’s 104-page decision last week squarely holds that the act, which denies federal benefits to same-sex couples, violates the U.S. Constitution’s due process guarantees. It was not a result the plaintiffs lawyers had necessarily expected, but it was the latest in a string of decisions opposing the act.
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