US: Mass. can’t “force” federal gay marriage
Posted on October 31, 2009
Filed Under 365Gay, News
(Washington) States that allow gay marriage can’t force the federal government to provide benefits to those couples, the Obama administration argued Friday in court papers in a lawsuit by Massachusetts.
The Justice Department is at odds with Massachusetts – the first state to allow gay marriage – over a 1996 federal …
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