Bill Introduced To Overturn Defense of Marriage Act
(NYULocal) - The Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 federal law that allows states to not recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages and actually requires the federal government not to recognize them, is the new target of a group of House democrats. The three Democrats (if you live on the West Side one of them is your Congressman Jerrold Nadler) have introduced the Respect for Marriage act,which would repeal the DOMA.
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