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Article: 1996 marriage act called vulnerable; High court gay-rights rulings seen rendering it unviable.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- September 5, 2003
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Byline: Cheryl Wetzstein, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A federal law that defines traditional marriage is vulnerable to overturning by courts, two legal analysts yesterday told a Senate hearing.
Two U.S. Supreme Court rulings have found constitutional protections for same-sex relationships, Gregory S. Coleman, former solicitor general of Texas, told the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution, civil rights and property rights.
This does not bode well for the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Mr. Coleman said, referring to the law that defines marriage as "the legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and that a spouse ...