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		<title>DOMA Case Gets Stay; DOJ Now Has Til Oct To Decide Next Move</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 08:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Mathis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday U.S. District Court Judge Joseph L. Tauro entered an amended judgment and order in Gill v. Office of Personnel Management granting,that &#8220;the judgment in this action is stayed pending the disposition of any appeal filed by the Defendants.&#8221; The Department Of Justice (DOJ) now has until October 18, to make up their minds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOJ Still Mum On DOMA Cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Mathis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Keen News Service it’s been 40 days since U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Tauro ruled—in two cases—that the federal benefits provision in the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. But the Department of Justice has still not indicated whether it intends to appeal those decisions to the 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Copy Of Historic Decision Ruling DOMA Unconstitutional</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Mathis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a full copy of the district court decision by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph L. Tauro on DOMA.  Today Judge Tauro ruled  Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional with respect to claims brought by seven married same-sex couples and three widowers from Massachusetts. Under the ruling, the plaintiffs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOMA Challengers Get Day In Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 22:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Mathis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salt &#8216;n&#8217; Pepa Done Right On Thursday May 6, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), the LGBT legal advocacy org that represents eight married same-sex couples and three widowers, will face off with the Department Of Justice at the Federal District Court in Boston. GLAD will present its arguments against Section 3 of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Same Sex Couples File Class Action In California Over Insurance Denial</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Mathis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three same-sex spouses of California state employees are suing the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) over its refusal to sell its long-term care insurance to the same-sex spouses of state workers. The reason?  DOMA says the insurer. Selling the coverage to same-sex spouses according to CalPERS could jeopardize the long-term care program&#8217;s federal tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Under DOMA Married Same Sex Couples Can&#8217;t File Bankruptcy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Mathis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does anyone else know about this? And if we’re late to the game well we’re writing a post about it anyway. According to the blog of New York city bankruptcy law specialists Dwyer &#38; Associates, married gay couples and heterosexual couples in domestic partnership cannot file bankruptcy together unlike straight couples. This applies to ALL [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Fed Worker Sues Obama Administration For Same-Sex Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Mathis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karen Golinski, a 9th Circuit court attorney in San Francisco, has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management for refusing to grant extended benefits to her spouse due to federal law prohibiting recognition of same-sex marriages. The suit filed today asks for a court order demanding that the government provide health benefits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everyone Calm Down On Obama DOJ’s DOMA Brief!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Mathis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Centerblue.org The blogosphere is on fire because of the recent brief submitted by Obama’s DOJ in response to a lawsuit, Smelt v. United States, seeking to overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act that states marriage to be only between a man and a woman. The fires are being stoked by Americablog, which in my [...]]]></description>
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