In a recent article on the ABA website, Is DOMA Doomed?, Jerry Simon Chasen writes about the fate of the Defense of Marriage Act.
Under DOMA, marriage is defined under federal law as a union between one man and one woman. It provides that no state need recognize as marriage a same-sex union that is considered marriage in another state.
Recent decisions in federal district court have called the Act's constitutionality into question.
Posted by Kyle Petit, Associate Editor, Wealth Strategies Journal.
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