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December 10, 2012

Supreme Court to Hear 2 Same-Sex Marriage Cases 
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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up the issue of same-sex
marriage by hearing two cases challenging federal and state laws that
restrict marriage rights. One case challenges California’s same-sex
marriage ban, Proposition 8, while the second concerns the federal
Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, which denies federal benefits to
married same-sex couples. Nine states and Washington, D.C., have
legalized same-sex marriage, including three of them by popular vote
during last month’s election.

 

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