Yesterday, July 8, 2010, US Federal Judge Joseph Tauro in Boston ruled in two separate cases that a significant part of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. He ruled in one challenge that Congress violated the 10th Amendment when it passed the Defense of Marriage Act and removed the states ability to determine which couples are considered married. In the other ruling, Gill v. Office of Personal Management he ruled that DOMA infringed upon the equal protection principles as laid out in the Due Process Claus in the 5th Amendment.
Below are several detailed articles about these momentous rulings:
Bay Windows- DOMA decisions released
Prop 8 Trial Tracker- US Federal Judge In Massachusetts Rules Part of DOMA Is Unconstitutional
NY Times- Judge Topples US Rejection of Gay Unions
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