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[temperance_k]

DOMA RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL!

A federal judge on Wednesday declared the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional and ordered the federal government to extend health benefits to the same-sex spouse of a San Francisco lawyer employed by the federal courts.

Comments

[maclyn]

Ha! This popped up just as I was pulling out of a facebook shitfight with a homophobic 'left winger'. Perfect timing.

[layweed]

That's awesome!

Of course, proponents of DOMA are gonna argue this until the SCOTUS, so who knows how long that's gonna take. Can they ignore it in the meantime though? :D

[temperance_k]

My friend said he read an article saying they would suspend DOMA now, but I haven't seen it for myself. Really, they should have suspended it back in 2009 when it was first ruled unconstitutional, but Personnel Management decided not to. I'm hoping that now, since the federal government has withdrawn its defense of DOMA, that Personnel Management actually WILL stop enforcing it.

[darsynia]

I don't know, can they argue it up to SCOTUS if it's not appealed by the justice department? The justice department said they weren't going to defend it any longer.

[tigerdreams]

Excellent news! :D

So, clarification: since this was a federal case, does that mean the ruling applies to the entire country (pending appeal), or is it limited in jurisdiction and still has to go all the way up to SCOTUS first?

[temperance_k]

I think it does apply for the entire country! I mean. At least on the federal level and the states that recognize gay marriage/partnerships. Whether DOMA gets suspended or not is explained in my comment to layweed. At least, that's what I'm sticking to until I or someone else finds an article saying it for sure?

[tigerdreams]

If that's the case, awesome! I hope this will mean they'll stop trying to enforce DOMA completely on the federal level and start recognizing marriages without needing to be sued first. :D

[lizzy_someone]

Wait, this is what I'm confused about though. Does not enforcing DOMA automatically mean gay marriage is legal throughout the country? It seems unlikely to me, since it's not like gay couples could marry before DOMA was passed, just like gay couples couldn't marry in California even before Prop 22 in 2000. (Or is that not what you were saying? I may have misunderstood, although either way, it is a confusing thing.)

[roseofjuly]

HA! HA!

I hope to god this sticks.

[kangofu]

[wrestlingdog]

The last two .gifs are killing me.

[baked_goldfish]

Whenever I scroll past that last gif, I keep thinking the one in the back is George Will.

[shepaintedfire]

All of these are beautiful, but the last one is best because Kelly was my shit back in 2006.