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Federal judge strikes down Defense of Marriage Act

[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts [official website] ruled Thursday that the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) [text; JURIST news archive] definition of marriage as between a man and a woman is unconstitutional because it interferes with the states' right to define marriage. Judge Joseph Tau...

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