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DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional

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DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional
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DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional
October 18, 2012 at 12:58 pm
No details but CNN is running a breaking news headline that a federal appeals court has ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional.
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RE: DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional
October 18, 2012 at 1:03 pm
The religious right will be so upset they will probably try to vote twice!

(Voter fraud only applies to minorities, after all.)
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RE: DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional
October 18, 2012 at 1:08 pm (This post was last modified: October 18, 2012 at 1:10 pm by popeyespappy.)
One of my first thoughts was a conservative lower court made this ruling just to motivate their base to get out and vote.
Quote:The court determined that the federal law violates the Constitution's equal protection clause. A federal appeals court in Boston made a similar ruling in May, but the moves are considered largely symbolic as the issue is expected to be eventually decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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