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If the DoMA was not in effect, would a domestic partnership receive the same benefits from the military?
I was wondering. hypothetically if the DoMA ( Defense of marriage act ) Was not in effect, would a couple joined by a Domestic partnership; receive the same benefits if one partner is in the military.Same as a married couple.
Answer: DoMA wouldn't change anything in regards to domestic partners, which is different than marriage. If DoMA didn't exist, then same sex partners could get married. Married people receive benefits, so same sex MARRIED couples would receive benefits. Domestic partners would not under the current (non-DoMA) laws.
Category: Military
The Supreme Court Finally Rules DOMA Unconstitutional! Prop 8 ...
This morning, the decision was handed down by the Supreme Court that Doma and Prop 8 are.
Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA | FDL Action
In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court has ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. Kennedy sided with the four liberals on the court.
What will the marriage look like for LGTB states if DOMA gets repelled in June?
Okay,I have heard that most likely DOMA will get discussed in march and be repelled or gutted in June,and i understand that DOMA keeps same sex couples who get married in States that allow same sex marriage from giving Me and other LGTBS the same marriage rights as heterosexuals..but What are some of those rights?
Answer: it will likely force states to recognize same sex marriages peform in ohter states
it will also recognize overseas same sex marriages in the USA
Category: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered
For some same-sex military spouses, the harm of DOMA is forever ...
The mood will be muted Wednesday evening on Chalk Pond. The faces will be bathed in candlelight and bittersweet memories. On that New Hampshire waterfront, Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan once exchanged vows ...
How will the Supreme Court vote on DOMA?
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases (Prop 8 and Edie Windsor--a DOMA case). How do you think that Supreme Court will vote? Whats your guess?
Category: Law & Ethics
Waiting on Proposition 8 and DOMA decisions: In Plain English ...
Congress passed DOMA in 1996, and then-President Bill Clinton signed it into law. The Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations all defended DOMA against court challenges. But in 2011, President Obama changed his ...
How will the Supreme Court vote on DOMA this week?
People are waiting on pins and needles. Will the Supreme Court: a) strike down DOMA b) uphold DOMA or c) no definitive decision because they find they dont have the authority to hear the case.
Category: Current Events
How will the Supreme Court vote on DOMA this week?
People are waiting on pins and needles. Will the Supreme Court: a) strike down DOMA b) uphold DOMA or c) no definitive decision because they find they dont have the authority to hear the case.
Category: Government
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Is Sotomayor the key vote in DOMA, when she asked whether states have the right not to recognize gay marriage?
She asked if DOMA is struck down, then could individual states like Ohio (which banned gay marriages) refuse to recognize gay marriages from other states that permit it. IOW, if DOMA is struck down, then one single state can dictate to all other states and to the federal government that all of them must recognize gay marriages.
Answer: She's not the key vote, Kennedy is. She is already for gay marriage.
And that's not what it's about. Currently, if someone is married in one state, it is recognized in all other states. So if cousins get married in one state, it is recognized in all other states, even if it is illegal in some states. So she was taking the opposite view, being a devil's advocate, that if it's banned in one state, do they have a right to ban it for all other states, which is kind of what DOMA is doing on a federal level.
Category: Politics
Do gays care that Democrat Clinton signed both the DADT and DOMA in to law?
Do they care that Obama refuses to defend or even remove section 3 of DOMA? He is just giving gays a cookie by calling it unconstitutional. Perhaps Obama will do what he ALWAYS does, say they he considering appealing DOMA act a few days before the election so he can gain some political points?
No one forced tough Clinton to sign it.
Answer: Do you care that it was 20 years ago? Had you not noticed that Society has changed in the meantime?
Category: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered
Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA | Zero Hedge
In what is likely to cause a storm of controversy, the Supreme Court ruled against the 17-year-old anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act: *DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT PROVISION STRUCK DOWN BY TOP U.S. ...
If the supreme court decides to review the DOMA case, when will the result come out?
The Supreme court rescheduled to talk about the DOMA case on Nov 30th. If the court decides to review the DOMA case, how long is the process for the final judgment to be made? Thank you.
Answer: It could take years.
Category: Other - Politics & Government
What Will Happen if DOMA is Struck Down? - NerdWallet
1 hour ago ... UPDATE: June 26, 2013 – DOMA has been struck down, 5-4. From the opinion, “ DOMA singles out a class of persons deemed by a State ...
Why does Obama claim Marriage is a state issue when he refuses to defend DOMA?
DOMA is the defense of marriage act. It was passed because states are required to accept Marriages from other states. Leftists would like to force states to accept gay Marriages from gay states, hence DOMA. So if Obama really thinks Marriage is a state issue wouldnt he be defending DOMA?
Answer: The legalisation of same sex marraiges is required at a State level. The DOMA allows States that don't recognise same sex marriages to not accept marriages from other States (that do allow them).
So the legalisation of same sex marriages is a State issue. Changes to the DOMA would be required for them to be Federally recognised across all States (including all partner insurance benefits for same sex marriages).
I would imagine that there wouldn't be much point in changing the DOMA unless the majority of States legalised same sex marriages first (otherwise you won't get enough support at a federal level).
Category: Politics
What are you doing to encourage the repeal of DOMA?
The Defense of Marriage Act or DOMA (January 10. 2009), as it is more commonly called, is a federal law that a) says that states dont have to recognize same-sex unions from other states, and b) the federal government will not recognize those marriages, even if the state does. With DOMA in place, we cannot have marriage equality!
Tomorrow over a million people will take to the streets to protest DOMA and urge the new administration to repeal it. What will you being doing?
Answer: I'm putting a blue light bulb out side, and going to a rally
Answer mine its some what similar to yours: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsroD92pmQF1uxMtjGn.GLDty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090109174100AAoGurk
Category: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered
What are the chances that the DOMA lawsuit will eventually get the to the Supreme Court?
(referring to the lawsuit that GLAAD filed to challenge section 3 of DOMA)
okay; last I heard;
the DOMA lawsuit was dismissed on a technicality of being improperly filed...........
and the plaintiffs were "likely to refile"........
which leaves me with two questions:
1. Has it been refiled yet?
2. If its refiled and this lawsuit plays out.........what are the chances that it will go to the SCOTUS?
Answer: 1. It has been refiled and they expect to begin the first hearings next year.
2. Very likely.
"Tribe told Wicked Local Bridgewater that the case is a strong candidate for review by the US Supreme Court for two reasons -- (1) the Court has long held that the equality principles of the 5th and 14th Amendments apply to the states, and (2) DOMA is an unprecedented break from the Court's view that marriage is a state matter. He also said the fact that Congress defers to the states to determine who is eligible to marry makes the discrimination imposed by DOMA "particularly invidious and hard to defend."
Category: Law & Ethics
Frequently Asked Questions: Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA ...
The so-called "Defense of Marriage Act," or DOMA, was passed in 1996 by Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton. It has two main functions.
Tomorrow is last day for Supreme Court rulings on DOMA, Prop 8
On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court may rule on the constitutionality of both the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8, two huge gay marriage cases.
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So, these conservatives who have planned to defy SCOTUS on DOMA are within their theological right (and rites) to refuse. However, there are thousands and ...
Supreme Court gives two big victories for gay rights – This Just In ...
The Supreme Court issues two key rulings affecting same-sex marriage in the U.S. Part of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was struck down The justices also cleared the way for same-sex marriages to resume in ...
If the Supreme Court does not choose to reconsider the DOMA appeal cases, do the lower courts ruling stand?
The lower courts have, so far, ruled that DOMA is unconstitutional.
Category: Law & Ethics
If DOMA were to be repealed, would married Gay servicemen be able to have their spouse on base?
Im confused as to why people in the military that are straight are able to have their spouse on base but not gay couples. I assume its because DOMA prevents the military from recognizing same-sex marriage. If it were to be repealed, would that grant gay people in the military to the same rights as straight servicemen when it comes to spouses and marriage benefits?
Answer: it would be a step there, however civil issues in the military fall under both federal and state law. So until there is a national law stating that same sex couples can marry I don't see that happening.
Category: Military
Question about DOMA and living in a state currently not recognizing same-sex marriage?
Lets say DOMA were repealed. If that were to happen...
If a same-sex couple who lives in a state that does not recognize same-sex marriage (lets say Texas) were to get married in a state that allows it, such as Massachusetts, could they then return to Texas and still be recognized as married?
Category: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered
Defense of Marriage Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) (Pub.L. 104–199, 110 Stat. 2419, enacted September 21, 1996, 1 U.S.C. § 7 and 28 U.S.C. § 1738C) was a United States ...
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DOMA | Freedom to Marry
On June 26, 2013, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Windsor v. United States that Section 3 of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law that ...
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THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 4-10-05: PHENOMENON; Marrying Outside the Box
Married or single? For most taxpayers, thats one of the easy boxes to check on the dreary 1040s. But for roughly 5,000 Massachusetts couples this year, deciding how to answer that question is both personally and politically troubling. On May 17, 2004, Massachusetts began applying the nations first gender-neutral civil-marriage law, a gay rights - E J Graff article on peculiar status of about 5,000 same-sex Massachusetts couples, who are married in their home state but single in United States; couples will have to think twice when filing federal tax returns because Internal Revenue Service is bound by Defense of Marriage Act, 1996 law that defines marriage for federal purposes as being between one man and one woman; photo (M) - E.J. Graff, a resident scholar at the Brandeis Womens Studies Research Center, is the author of What Is Marriage For? The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution. - By E.J. Graff
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DOMA finally defeated — MSNBC
In the last day of its term, the Supreme Court struck down the federal rule known as the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in a 5 to 4 decision Wednesday that paves the way for full federal benefits for same-sex married couples.
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Question about DOMA and living in a state currently not recognizing same-sex marriage?
Lets say DOMA were repealed. If that were to happen...
If a same-sex couple who lives in a state that does not recognize same-sex marriage (lets say Texas) were to get married in a state that allows it, such as Massachusetts, could they then return to Texas and still be recognized as married?
Answer: Even if they repeal DOMA you still have to recognize same-sex marriage at the federal level to give those couples federal benefits. The DOMA prevents that. So it would still be recognized only in same-sex states. The states can still not recognize the marriage because it is a state's right to do so. You should see what is in DOMA then you can figure it out.
Category: Government
FRUGAL TRAVELER; Lost, and Found, in Riga
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Can only 1 House of Congress defend DOMA in the Courts?
Pending the DOJs determination to not defend DOMA, and that the Houses of Congress are divided politically, Can the House alone defend DOMA (without approval from the Senate) in the current pending cases or in future cases, or must Both Houses approve such a move?
Answer: DOMA is the law, no one in Congress needs to "defend it". Until the law is repealed by Congress and the law signed by the President or the Supreme Court rules it unconstitutional or lets a lower court ruling stand that it is unconstitutional, it is the law of the land.
Category: Government
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