Family
Feb. 25, 2011
DOMA Move Unlikely to Affect Prop 8 Fight
President Barack Obama legally abandoned the federal ban on same-sex marriage Wednesday, but legal experts said the shift will have little impact on litigation challenging Proposition 8, California's same-sex marriage ban.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Less than an hour after the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday it would no longer defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act, plaintiffs challenging Proposition 8 asked a federal appellate court to clear the way for same-sex marriage in California.
Legal experts said that while President Barack Obama's dramatic shift in policy marked a major turning point in the cultural de...
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