Gay rights activists in the United States are celebrating another step find in the wake of the Obama administration announced so it would no longer defend the program that defines marriage as simply between a man and a woman.
Attorney General Eric Holder said in a letter to the Congress on Wednesday that the administration had determined that the Defense of Marriage Act, which was voted for by Congress in 1996, discriminated against gays and therefore could no longer be accepted as reasonable, the Guardian reports.
Holder said this the Congress may hope to appoint its own lawyers to defend the law, that bars the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages or extending them the same service granted to heterosexual unions.
The decision comes 3 cycles after the White House said the current it can end bill discriminating against gay men and lesbians in the military.
It is expected to spark a new row providing social conservatives, who are almost a small amount of to launch a legal challenge.
Eight US argues permit same-sex marriages, but the federal authorities does not recognize them.
Hawaii became the new area to legalize same-sex civil unions on Tuesday, granting gay and lesbian couples the same state rights as married partners. (ANI)
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Attorney General Eric Holder said in a letter to the Congress on Wednesday that the administration had determined that the Defense of Marriage Act, which was voted for by Congress in 1996, discriminated against gays and therefore could no longer be accepted as reasonable, the Guardian reports.
Holder said this the Congress may hope to appoint its own lawyers to defend the law, that bars the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages or extending them the same service granted to heterosexual unions.
The decision comes 3 cycles after the White House said the current it can end bill discriminating against gay men and lesbians in the military.
It is expected to spark a new row providing social conservatives, who are almost a small amount of to launch a legal challenge.
Eight US argues permit same-sex marriages, but the federal authorities does not recognize them.
Hawaii became the new area to legalize same-sex civil unions on Tuesday, granting gay and lesbian couples the same state rights as married partners. (ANI)
Read more Here
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