WASHINGTON, March 28, 2013 — After Thursday’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court, both Court watchers and tea leave-readers think that the 1996 law, Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), may soon be swept into the dustbin of history. While a decision won’t be handed down until late June, from hearing the give and take between the bench and the two sides’ lawyers, it became apparent that the federal law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman could very well be struck down. And a good thing too. Highly discriminatory, banning federal benefits to same-sex couples married in states that already recognize their marriages, DOMA appears to violate the equal...
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