Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Defense of Marriage Act


Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Defense of Marriage Act


Wall Street Journal
3 minutes ago


Written byJess Bravin

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act, which denied federal benefits to lawfully married same-sex couples.


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2 comments:

Arsenio A. Lembert Jr. said...

No pun intended:

Going down,
Next level The Gay Lobby (Vatican).


As in the late Reader's Digest series... Humor (laughter) is the best Medicine.. sometimes.

It's a downward spiral from here on.

Thank God for "The Faith once delivered unto the Saints".

Arsenio A. Lembert Jr. said...

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20130626_ap_highcourtgaymarriagedecisionsduewednesday.html#07QxEegliMUdiwTM.99

So, that leaves Breyer, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan, who handed down the majority opinion...

DEMOGRAPHICS:

All three Jews, and two Roman Catholics voted in favor...

All the women on the court (3) voted for it...

The last two justices to be named to the court, the last to be named by Obama, the two single females voted for the majority opinion...