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To: NYer
The Supreme Court struck down the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act on the grounds that the federal government should not tell the states how to regulate marriage

If so, why did they even take this case?

6 posted on 04/29/2015 4:50:41 PM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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To: oldbrowser
If so, why did they even take this case?

Hopefully to smack down lower courts who ignored the admonition to leave it to the states.

8 posted on 04/29/2015 4:52:19 PM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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Yeah, this is all theater, homosexual marriage is a forgone conclusion.


20 posted on 04/29/2015 7:38:55 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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