This week the US Supreme Court will begin to hear the cases of the Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) in Washington D.C.
On Wednesday March 27th, the court will begin to hear the case as to the constitutionality of DOMA. The 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act’s Section 3. The Act’s pertinent part, reads as follows:
In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word ‘marriage’ means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word ‘spouse’ refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.
DOMA HISTORY
The court will begin to hear the case of Prop 8 on March 27th.