Bio & Post Archive » … DOMA, enacted in 1996, was a reaction to a Hawaii Supreme Court case that seemed likely to legalize same-sex marriage there. A state referendum stopped that, but the case focused …. The Amendment seemed to “deprive[] gays and lesbians even of the protection of general laws and policies that prohibit arbitrary discrimination in governmental and private settings.” The Court concluded that …
Bio & Post Archive » … DOMA, enacted in 1996, was a reaction to a Hawaii Supreme Court case that seemed likely to legalize same-sex marriage there. A state referendum stopped that, but the case focused ….
The Amendment seemed to “deprive[] gays and lesbians even of the
protection of general laws and policies that prohibit arbitrary
discrimination in governmental and private settings.” The Court concluded that …