From 2000 to 2006, states that banned same-sex marriage had increases in same- ..... Note that in the United States the number of same-sex couples increased ...
individuals of the same sex as a marriage. In part, DOMA states: No State, territory, or possession of the United States, or Indian tribe, shall be ...
the U.S. Constitution to define marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman. Currently, 50% of voters ... Majorities across most of the state's major demographic ... The issue of allowing same sex marriages in California, where ...
“DOMA” Means Federal Discrimination Against Married Same-Sex Couples
Mar 3, 2009 ... Amendment of the United States Constitution. DOMA takes married couples and divides .... As the number of states that offer same-sex couples ...
Moral Conflict and Liberty: Gay Rights and Religion Chai R ...
liberal state is to maintain its own legal neutrality in the face of such ..... issue of gay marriage. He tells us that “same-sex marriage” “allows ...
GAO-04-353R Defense of Marriage Act: Update to Prior Report
To prepare the updated list, we used the same research methods and legal databases that we ... “spouse” as referring “only to a person of the opposite sex who is a ... 2 U.S. General Accounting Office, Defense of Marriage Act, GAO/ OGC-97-16 ... updated list identifies federal programs in the United States Code in ...
Same-Sex Marriage Issues Complicate Employee Benefit Plan ...
