USA! USA! (DOMA)
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DOMA down! Peace out, DOMA! Hello, Equality!0
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Hell yea!0
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YES! SO PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN TODAY! EQUALITY FOR ALL!!!!!0
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Happy happy happy!!!0
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didn't want to be that one oddball judgmental person in the thread?0 -
Today I am truly proud to be an American.0
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It was an EPIC 24 hours, from the Texas Senate to the Supreme Court!0
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for all of us UnAmericans, wth is DOMA?0
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I'm lost... someone help me out here?0
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Eh?0
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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.0 -
What a proud day to be an American - finally, it really is FREEDOM for all!0
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It's about damn time
Defense of Marriage Act should never have been written0 -
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!!0
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I'm lost... someone help me out here?
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=91523800 -
Definition of Marriage Act I believe = DOMA0
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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!!0 -
Saw it on a friend's wall... this is great news!! :drinker:
Of course, it's still banned in my state. :grumble:0 -
Good job supreme court0
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