DOMA - It's gone.

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<p>It’s legal again in California, since Prop 8 is also gone. </p>

<p>And yes, it still has to go state by state, but at least when a couple is legally married in a state, they will also get the federal benefits (taxes, collecting Social Security, military benefits, not paying taxes on employer-provided healthcare benefits, no inheritance taxes (which is what this lawsuit all started with) … lots more. </p>

<p>Also, it remains to be seen how it will work, but I would think that if a couple living in NY, for example, traveled to Texas, they would still have a married couple’s rights. Say, if one of them ended up in a hospital, the other would have the automatic right to make decisions, have access to them in the ICU, etc.</p>

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<p>Good news for everyone!</p>

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<p>The supreme court did what they were supposed to do - get the federal government out of business of defining marriage. My understanding is that implication of striking down DOMA is that the federal government should treat a gay union in the same way the state treats it - if state recognizes gay marriage, so would the feds. If state does not recognize gay marriage, the feds would do the same. I think it is a progress. Hopefully, all states would soon recognizes gay marriage.</p>

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<p>I add my congratulations to the gay / lesbian community – about time!</p>

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<p>I don’t view gay marriage as a civil right. I view this issue as a redefinition of the purpose of being married.</p>

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<p>I doubt Texas and the Deep South will legalize gay marriage without an order from the Supreme Court.</p>

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<p>“But didn’t both decisions leave the issue of same-sex marriage to the states? So aren’t we still at square one when it comes to legalization?”</p>

<p>There will be other cases challenging the constitutionality of same sex marriage bans which will inevitably end up at the Supremes and likely being overturned a la Loving.</p>

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<p>“I don’t view gay marriage as a civil right. I view this issue as a redefinition of the purpose of being married.”</p>

<p>Obviously you do not. I (along with many others) do.</p>

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<p>I do think states will start falling like dominoes now.</p>

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<p>^ Maybe in New England and the Midwest, but another court case like Loving v Virginia will have to happen before it’s legalized everywhere.</p>

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<p>^ Yes, they will have to be drug, kicking and screaming, into the 21st Century.</p>

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<p>PA is considered a purple state and has gone blue lately, but I’d be surprised if PA legalized gay marriage without being forced to. We’re “Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, with Alabama inbetween”.</p>

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<p>Texas is a red state with purple outbreaks.</p>

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<p>What happens with filing federal taxes?</p>

<p>For couples who live in states that don’t recognize gay marriage, even if they are married in another state?</p>

<p>This is going to be complicated for while, right?</p>

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<p>Those New England dominoes have already all fallen!</p>

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<p>Oh, I consider New England every state north of Maryland and east of Ohio. I don’t know what states are technically considered New England though.</p>

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<p>For anyone who thinks this “redefines the purpose” of marriage, I suggest reading some of the Court opinions with regard to Prop 8. The District Court judge spent many pages talking about that very issue.</p>

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<p>As I understand it, didn’t Mitt Romney advocate for giving the homosexual couples the same rights as heterosexual married couples, but simply supported DOMA to prevent the union itself from being called marriage?</p>

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<p>That’s nice, but that’s not New England! I might consider Nevada the midwest; doesn’t make it so!</p>

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<p>“I don’t view gay marriage as a civil right. I view this issue as a redefinition of the purpose of being married.”</p>

<p>Why – was the purpose to have children? Guess Betty and Isaac at the nursing home shouldn’t be allowed to get married.</p>

<p>The “purpose” of marriage is whatever the two people in it decide it should be.</p>