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Article: New Englandin brief
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 31, 2009
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
US says Mass. can't force spousal benefits
States that allow gay marriage cannot force the federal
government to provide benefits to those couples, the Obama
administration argued yesterday in court papers in a lawsuit by the
State of Massachusetts. The Justice Department is at odds with
Massachusetts - the first state to allow gay marriage - over a
1996 federal law defining marriage as a union between a man and a
woman. Massachusetts sued in July, saying that law is discriminatory
and deprives gay couples in the state of some federal spousal
benefits. The Obama administration agrees the Defense of Marriage
Act is discriminatory and wants it repealed, but says it has an ...
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