What does DMA stand for?

Defense of Marriage Act

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The Justice Department had just filed a brief defending the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the law that allows states to ignore legal gay marriages and defines marriage as a heterosexual union for federal agencies.

Tony Perkins Takes Aim At Openly Gay OPM Director

In court documents filed Tuesday, the couples say the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violates the equal protection clause of the U.

Gay couples blast federal Defense of Marriage Act

Legislation introduced in September in the House of Representatives calls for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act and restoration of the rights of all lawfully married couples--including same-sex couples--to receive the benefits of marriage.

Legislation introduced in September in the House of Representatives ...

Gays decry goverment's stand on Defense of Marriage Act LOS ANGELES -- Gay-rights groups expressed dismay with the Obama administration Friday over its championing of the Defense of Marriage Act, a law the president pledged to try to repeal while on the campaign trail.

IN BRIEF

Enacted during an election year, the Defense of Marriage Act sailed through the House by 342 to 67 and the Senate by 85 to 14.

Judges not: Vermont and the new Democratic push for same-sex marriage

Michael Novak, reacting to Obama's pledge to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, writing in National Review Online, January 26 "I certainly respect the Constitution, but we have some issues that are much bigger than the Constitution.

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Gay activists also hope to challenge the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

Vermont lifts drive for gay marriage; Overturned veto makes state 4th ...

President Obama favors marriage equivalence if not full marriage equality (although he once supported the latter), and he strongly supports the repeal of DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act, along with legislation that would extend all federal marriage benefits to same-sex couples in "legally-recognized unions.

Time to shift to a national strategy!