Score One for State's Rights!Follow

The federal law banning gay marriage is unconstitutional because it interferes with the right of a state to define the institution and therefore denies married gay couples some federal benefits, a federal judge ruled Thursday in Boston.

U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro ruled in favor of gay couples' rights in two separate challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA, a 1996 law that the Obama administration has argued for repealing. The rulings apply to Massachusetts but could have broader implications if they're upheld on appeal.
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The act "plainly encroaches" upon the right of the state to determine marriage, Tauro said in his ruling on a lawsuit filed by state Attorney General Martha Coakley. In a ruling in a separate case filed by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, Tauro ruled the act violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.

See, Gbaji?

have no problem with this. I think it's a fair interpretation of the clause. I think that as long as the same judge is willing to rule that the individual states have the right to define marriage how the choose then he's probably going to be do just fine

Kaelesh,

Talk to me about equality when we abolish the irs and institute a national sales tax. Until then it's just posturing for one very small degenerate segment of society desperate for some authority to validate their lifestyle choice.

We can't allow the lowest common denominator states, like Massachusetts, to set standards for the country,

What a surprise. Liberals pretend to care about the rights of one class while doing everything they can to ignore the rights of another.

Kael,

Property owners. Life, liberty, and property.