Please never forget those of us who are sighing and crying in the midst thereof.....
Defense Of Marriage Act Ruled Unconstitutional
The main provisions of the act are as follows:
Section 2. Powers reserved to the states
No State, territory, or possession of the United States, or Indian
tribe, shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or
judicial proceeding of any other State, territory, possession, or tribe
respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is
treated as a marriage under the laws of such other State, territory,
possession, or tribe, or a right or claim arising from such
relationship.
Section 3. Definition of marriage
In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling,
regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and
agencies of the United States, the word ‘marriage’ means only a legal
union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word
‘spouse’ refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or
a wife.
The decision is a huge victory for proponents of same-sex marriage and the gay community and a huge defeat for conservatives. _______________________________________
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