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(27,670 posts)This is excellent news.
Thanks.
mitchtv
(17,718 posts)OAKLAND, Calif. -- A second federal judge in California has struck down a law denying benefits to partners in a gay marriage.
Wilken says the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act violated constitutional standards when it denied federal benefits to same-sex spouses married under California law and barred domestic partners of state workers from long-term health coverage.
Wilken says both laws were based on what she calls "moral condemnation" of same-sex couples.
A San Francisco judge also declared the federal law unconstitutional in February in a separate case. That ruling is under appeal and will go before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in September
Fearless
(18,421 posts)Initech
(100,118 posts)But nope - we had to give two terms to President Larry The Cable Guy who fucked things up royally. This will piss off the fundies - but hey that's a good thing!