Wow, anti-gay laws really don’t survive when actual legal scholars, AKA judges, are asked to rule on them. Here’s the latest ruling against the ridiculously unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act:
Another federal judge has struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), finding that the law “should not be presumed to be constitutional, and should instead be subject to a heightened form of judicial scrutiny.”
The victory comes in the case of Edie Windsor, who was seeking a refund of the federal estate tax paid by the estate of her late wife. From the ruling:
The Court declares that section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional as applied to the Plaintiff. Plaintiff is awarded judgment in the amount of $353,053.00, plus interest and costs allowed by law.
More background on the case is here, and you can read the entire ruling here.
