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Apr. 2, 2013

Gay Marriage at the Supreme Court

Erwin Chemerinsky discusses what should we look for at the gay marriage oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court in which advocates challenge the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

Few U.S. Supreme Court cases have the potential importance of Hollingsworth v. Perry, to be argued on Tuesday, March 26, and United States v. Windsor, to be argued on the following day. In these cases, the Court will decide whether the millions of Americans who are gay and lesbian have the right to marry. In doing so, the high court will express whether, at last, gays and lesbians are to be treated as equal citizens under the Constitution, and are entitled to equal dignity and r...

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