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Published 07/09/2009 by Philadelphia Inquirer


Mass. sues to have U.S. law reflect same-sex marriages

BOSTON - Massachusetts, the first state to legalize same-sex marriage, sued the U.S. government yesterday over a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

The federal Defense of Marriage Act interferes with the right of Massachusetts to define and regulate marriage as it...

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Massachusetts sues U.S. over gay marriage rights
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...couples. "They are entitled to equal treatment under the laws, regardless of whether they are gay or straight" Coakley said...
Mass. sues to have U.S. law reflect same-sex marriages [Philadelphia Inquirer - 07/09/2009]
...of marriage as "a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife." Before the law was...
Mass. sues to have U.S. law reflect same-sex marriages [Philadelphia Inquirer - 07/09/2009]
...the law. "The federal government has a perfectly legal right to define marriage" he said. President...
Mass. sues to have U.S. law reflect same-sex marriages [Philadelphia Inquirer - 07/09/2009]

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