BOSTON AP - Lawyers for a gay and lesbian legal advocacy group have a told a federal appeals court panel that a federal law that denies benefits to married gay couples that heterosexual couples get is discriminatory.A lawyer for a bipartisan congressional group argued Wednesday in Boston that Congress had a rational basis for passing the law in 1996 when it appeared Hawaii would legalize gay marriage.
April 04, 2012 at 12:00 AM
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BOSTON AP – Lawyers for a gay and lesbian legal advocacy group have a told a federal appeals court panel that a federal law that denies benefits to married gay couples that heterosexual couples get is discriminatory.
A lawyer for a bipartisan congressional group argued Wednesday in Boston that Congress had a rational basis for passing the law in 1996 when it appeared Hawaii would legalize gay marriage. The attorney says Congress wanted to have one uniform law.
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