Attorney General Martha Coakley accused in United States District Court (D. Mass.) Against the constitutionality of § 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, wrongly includes more than 16,000 Massachusetts same-sex married couples and their families of essential rights and protections based on marital status. The complaint alleges that DOMA, which affects more than 1,100 federalstatutory provisions, violates the Constitution of the United States by interfering with the sovereign authority of communities to define and regulate the marital status of residents. The complaint also alleges that DOMA Congresss exceed authority under the spending clause because Congress is not a valid reason for requiring Massachusetts have to marry same-sex couples differently to treatment than other couples.
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