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In sum, this court is soundly convinced, based on the foregoing analysis, that the
government’s proffered rationales, past and current, are without “footing in the realities of the
subject addressed by DOMA.” And “when the proffered rationales for a law are clearly and
manifestly implausible, a reviewing court may infer that animus is the only explicable basis.
[Because] animus alone cannot constitute a legitimate government interest, this court finds
that DOMA lacks a rational basis to support it...
((DOMA)) is a status-based enactment divorced from any factual context... from which [this court] could discern a relationship to legitimate [government] interests.” Indeed, Congress undertook this classification for the one purpose that lies entirely outside of legislative bounds, to disadvantage a group of which it disapproves...
For the foregoing reasons Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment is ALLOWED...
Federal District Judge Tauro concluding that DOMA, Section 3, is unconstitutional.
government’s proffered rationales, past and current, are without “footing in the realities of the
subject addressed by DOMA.” And “when the proffered rationales for a law are clearly and
manifestly implausible, a reviewing court may infer that animus is the only explicable basis.
[Because] animus alone cannot constitute a legitimate government interest, this court finds
that DOMA lacks a rational basis to support it...
((DOMA)) is a status-based enactment divorced from any factual context... from which [this court] could discern a relationship to legitimate [government] interests.” Indeed, Congress undertook this classification for the one purpose that lies entirely outside of legislative bounds, to disadvantage a group of which it disapproves...
For the foregoing reasons Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment is ALLOWED...
Federal District Judge Tauro concluding that DOMA, Section 3, is unconstitutional.