Federal Gay Marriage Ban Tossed!
#1
Posted 09 July 2010 - 10:07 AM
BOSTON - The federal law banning gay marriage is unconstitutional because it interferes with the right of a state to define the institution and therefore denies married gay couples some federal benefits, a federal judge ruled Thursday in Boston.
U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro ruled in favor of gay couples' rights in two challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA, a 1996 law that the Obama administration has argued for repealing. The rulings apply to Massachusetts but could have broader implications if they're upheld on appeal.
The state had argued the law denied benefits such as Medicaid to gay married couples in Massachusetts, where same-sex unions have been legal since 2004.
Tauro agreed and said the act forces Massachusetts to discriminate against its own citizens in order to be eligible for federal funding in federal-state partnerships.
#2
Posted 09 July 2010 - 11:02 AM
what what fools
BOSTON - The federal law banning gay marriage is unconstitutional because it interferes with the right of a state to define the institution and therefore denies married gay couples some federal benefits, a federal judge ruled Thursday in Boston.
U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro ruled in favor of gay couples' rights in two challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA, a 1996 law that the Obama administration has argued for repealing. The rulings apply to Massachusetts but could have broader implications if they're upheld on appeal.
The state had argued the law denied benefits such as Medicaid to gay married couples in Massachusetts, where same-sex unions have been legal since 2004.
Tauro agreed and said the act forces Massachusetts to discriminate against its own citizens in order to be eligible for federal funding in federal-state partnerships.
this shit is so gay.
#3
Posted 09 July 2010 - 11:04 AM
oh i mean
#4
Posted 09 July 2010 - 12:38 PM
I don't know how I feel about this. I'll just wait and see what happens.
#5
Posted 09 July 2010 - 01:07 PM
#6
Posted 09 July 2010 - 01:10 PM
#7
Posted 09 July 2010 - 01:31 PM
yeah, I just blew your mind.
Message board?
This is The Shizz.
Chromelodeon manages to get all the furniture from their hotel into the lake a few years back...and people are worried about shizzies?
#8
Posted 09 July 2010 - 01:33 PM
it really should be a federal thing, in my opinion. The fact that a couple can be married in one state and all of a sudden they aren't if they move a few miles away...that's bullshit.
More evidence that the whole institution of marriage is a little silly.
What nobody knows is that Demons are actually Possessed by Homosexuals.
yeah, I just blew your mind.
It's true. -nodnod-
#9
Posted 09 July 2010 - 01:48 PM
we should legalize gay marraige so straight people are not the only people who are miserable
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