The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the federal "Defense of Non-Gay Marriage Act" unconstitutionally denies benefits to gay federal employees' spouses.
The ruling says, in part:
"The denial of federal benefits to same-sex spouses cannot be justified simply by a distaste for or disapproval of same-sex marriage or a desire to deprive same-sex spouses benefits available to other spouses in order to discourage exercising a legal right afforded them by the state," Reinhardt wrote in his Feb. 2 order....
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