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Jul 9, 2010

Court Finds DOMA Unconstitutional

A federal district court judge in Massachusetts has declared the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional. DOMA prevents Social Security from considering state-sanctioned same sex marriages even though Social Security normally is bound by state law in determining family relationships. If this stands, and that is a big "if," there would be significant effects upon Social Security benefits for wives, husbands, widows and widowers.

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