Challenging Federal Marriage Discrimination
GLAD is challenging the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Section 3 in two cases: Pedersen v. O.P.M., on behalf of married couples and widowers in Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire, and Gill v. O.P.M., on behalf of married couples and widowers in Massachusetts.
GLAD Keeps the Pressure on in Second Challenge to DOMA
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Business, Labor, Congressional Reps, Medical and Legal Experts Take Aim at DOMA
(Photo: Plaintiff Dean Hara with his late spouse, Rep Gerry Studds)
Supporters of Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, GLAD’s challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), have filed...
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When the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Constitution held an April 15 hearing called “Defending Marriage,” we knew it would not be a friendly forum. Although the focus of the hearing was on the...
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Business, Labor, Congressional Reps, Medical and Legal Experts Take Aim at DOMA in Gill Amici Briefs
Today, supporters of Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, GLAD’s challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), filed 11 amici curiae briefs in the First Circuit Court of Appeals in...