Justice Ginsburg: Defense Of Marriage Act Gives Gays A 'Skim Milk Marriage'
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Under the 1996 law, the federal government doesn't recognize same-sex marriages. That effectively means legally married same-sex couples are denied a whole host of federal benefits that straight couples get — from immigration benefits to tax breaks to Social Security perks.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says DOMA really "affects every area of life" and infringes on a state's right to define marriage. Under DOMA, she said, there's "the full marriage, and then this sort of skim milk marriage."
Ginsburg, who turned 80 recently, is just a few years younger than 83-year-old Edith Windsor, who sued to overturn DOMA. Windsor had to pay $363,000 in estate taxes when her wife died that a straight spouse wouldn't have had to pay.
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