No federal court had ruled against DOMA previously, although there had been a handful of challenges.
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At 4p on July 8, 2010, Judge Tauro issued his ruling.pic.twitter.com/WvoFulKjDS
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As I wrote at
@metroweekly that day: "Federal Court Rules DOMA Sec. 3 Violates Equal Protection."http://www.metroweekly.com/2010/07/federal-court-rules-doma-sec-3/ … -
Read the decision from Judge Tauro here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3891346-Gill-DistCtDecision.html … / Here's his summary of the equal protection ruling:pic.twitter.com/OQkPzivhqR
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At this point, President Obama did not support marriage equality, DOJ was defending DOMA, and same-sex couples could only marry in 3 states.
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He also ruled in favor of Massachusetts on Tenth Amendment and Spending Clause grounds. http://www.metroweekly.com/2010/07/federal-court-rules-doma-sec-3/ …pic.twitter.com/wwpnk1EzKx
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