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Article: REPS. NADLER, BALDWIN, POLIS INTRODUCE RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE ACT TO REPEAL DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT

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September 16, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y. (8th CD), issued the following press release:

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO), along with Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), with a total of 91 original co-sponsors to date, introduced the Respect for Marriage Act in the House of Representatives. This legislation would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a 1996 law which discriminates against lawfully ...

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