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State AGs weigh in against DOMA

By: Correy Stephenson September 18, 2012 Comments Off on State AGs weigh in against DOMA

The 2nd Circuit should strike down the Defense of Marriage Act as an unconstitutional violation of the equal protection rights of same-sex couples, a trio of state Attorneys General argues in a new brief.

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