USA! USA! (DOMA)

Laces_0ut
Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
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way to go Supreme Court!
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  • ChristinaR720
    ChristinaR720 Posts: 1,186
    DOMA down! Peace out, DOMA! Hello, Equality!
  • 4homer
    4homer Posts: 457 Member
    Hell yea!
  • Andrea681
    Andrea681 Posts: 178 Member
    YES! SO PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN TODAY! EQUALITY FOR ALL!!!!!
  • bikeswimrunnergal
    bikeswimrunnergal Posts: 15
    ...
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    Happy happy happy!!! :heart:
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    ...


    didn't want to be that one oddball judgmental person in the thread?
  • THE_DOCTORSWIFE
    THE_DOCTORSWIFE Posts: 91 Member
    Today I am truly proud to be an American.
  • StheK
    StheK Posts: 443 Member
    It was an EPIC 24 hours, from the Texas Senate to the Supreme Court!
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    for all of us UnAmericans, wth is DOMA?
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    I'm lost... someone help me out here?
  • Jennms85
    Jennms85 Posts: 49 Member
    Eh?
  • THE_DOCTORSWIFE
    THE_DOCTORSWIFE Posts: 91 Member
    Supreme Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act
    By Pete Williams and Erin McClam, NBC News
    In a landmark ruling for gay rights, the Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law blocking federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
    The decision was 5-4, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy. It said that the law amounted to the “deprivation of the equal liberty of persons that is protected by the Fifth Amendment.”
    In a separate case, the court ruled that it could not take up a challenge to Proposition 8, the California law that banned gay marriage in that state. That decision means that gay marriage will once again be legal in California.
    The ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act means that the federal government must recognize the gay marriages deemed legal by the states — 12 plus the District of Columbia, before the California case was decided. The law helps determine who is covered by more than 1,100 federal laws, programs and benefits, including Social Security survivor benefits, immigration rights and family leave.
  • michellechawner
    michellechawner Posts: 892
    What a proud day to be an American - finally, it really is FREEDOM for all!
  • EatClean_WashUrNuts
    EatClean_WashUrNuts Posts: 1,590 Member
    It's about damn time

    Defense of Marriage Act should never have been written
  • jimfoxer
    jimfoxer Posts: 34 Member
    Great day for the USA! Too bad that it was a 5-4 decision, with all of the conservative judges voting against. I'm curious to read the dissent, because under what ground can you justify the discrimination? And Conservatives are always touting State rights, well that is only when the States are their own and they agree with their own ideology. I loathe hypocrisy. But for now, YEAH! USA! USA! And Marriage Equality will finally come to California!!
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    I'm lost... someone help me out here?

    http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=9152380
  • CharliesInCharge
    CharliesInCharge Posts: 278 Member
    Definition of Marriage Act I believe = DOMA
  • mgmlap
    mgmlap Posts: 1,377 Member
    DOMA=Defense of Marriage Act...pretty much states that they want to defend what they call the traditional marriage between a man and a woman...defeating it means marriage is between 2 people who love each other..

    NUFF SAID! proud American here!!
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Saw it on a friend's wall... this is great news!! :drinker:

    Of course, it's still banned in my state. :grumble:
  • funforsports
    funforsports Posts: 2,656 Member
    Good job supreme court
  • Ashley_Panda
    Ashley_Panda Posts: 1,404 Member
    It was an EPIC 24 hours, from the Texas Senate to the Supreme Court!


    Absolutely this!
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    I'm a tiny bit more proud of being an American today than I ever have. Being even the slightest bit more equal is a great feeling.
  • Jeneba
    Jeneba Posts: 699 Member
    I am THRILLED! The first wedding I ever officiated was for two men who love each other deeply and have grandkids together.... That these people should ever have felt hurt or demeaned is a source of terrible pain to me! I hope future generations will be free of all of this devaluation and not have to contend with it EVER again! YAYYYYYY!
  • Internistella
    Internistella Posts: 67 Member
    Glad to see love and equality on the boards this AM!
  • soldier4242
    soldier4242 Posts: 1,368 Member
    I'm lost... someone help me out here?

    The supreme court just eliminated DOMA. DOMA is the defense of marriage act which was an act that defined marriage as being between one man and one women. Since there was no secular justification for the claim it was determined that the act was respecting the rules of an established religion which makes it a violation of the first amendment and therefore unconstitutional. Please bare in mind this is a laymen interpretation of the information that I have read and heard in the general media. I am sure the case was a bit more nuanced then that but in a nutshell that is what I have read so far.
  • bikeswimrunnergal
    bikeswimrunnergal Posts: 15
    didn't want to be that one oddball judgmental person in the thread?
    my guess is you don't even have a clue what all is involved with DOMA.
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
    Super happy!!
  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    Welcome to 2005 lol
  • 4homer
    4homer Posts: 457 Member
    didn't want to be that one oddball judgmental person in the thread?
    my guess is you don't even have a clue what all is involved with DOMA.
    OK enlighten us
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    didn't want to be that one oddball judgmental person in the thread?
    my guess is you don't even have a clue what all is involved with DOMA.

    my guess is you don't love any gay people.
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