Transcript: Gay Rights Activists Want Marriage Act Overturned

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Congressional Testimony;  April 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... the Ontario Court of Appeal legalized gay marriage in Halpern v. Canada,4 and the Canadian ... ensue from the judicial imposition of gay marriage. We are now at an interesting crossroads ... Marriage Acts.9 The Federal Defense of Marriage Act, enacted in 1996, while proclaiming ...

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Congressional Testimony;  March 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... and President Clinton signed into law, the Defense of Marriage Act.1 DOMA does two important things. First, DOMA permits ... and ``spouse.`` The enactment of the Defense of Marriage Act was a welcome moment in the longer- term struggle to support ...

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Congressional Testimony;  March 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... offering me the opportunity to tender my views on the Defense of Marriage Act, which I authored, and the current controversy over same ... our young. To both these ends, I authored the Defense of Marriage Act, which was signed into law by President Clinton in 1996 ...

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Congressional Testimony;  April 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Congress (with the concurrence of a Democratic President) enacted (by overwhelming, bipartisan majorities 5 ) the Defense of Marriage Act, Public Law 104-199, which says that for purposes of Federal law, ``the word `marriage` means only a legal union ...

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Congressional Testimony;  March 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Subcommittee on the Constitution March 30, 2004 In 1996, Congress, on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis, passed the Defense of Marriage Act, known by its acronym as ``DOMA.`` It was signed into law by President Clinton. DOMA did two things. First, for ...

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Congressional Testimony;  May 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Monday, May 17. ? We received testimony that it is -- quote -- ``increasingly clear`` that the federal Defense of Marriage Act, the intent of which is to prevent one state from having to recognize a same-sex marriage license granted in another state ...

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Congressional Testimony;  May 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... thousands of ``marriage licenses`` to same-sex couples, even though intentionally contrary to California`s Defense of Marriage Act, passed by an overwhelming majority just a few years ago. Public officials in other states, like Oregon, New York, New ...