Defense of Marriage Act

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:DOMA
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Respect_for_Marriage_Act
gptkbp:citation gptkb:110_Stat._2419
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1996-09-21
gptkbp:dateSection3StruckDown 2013-06-26
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Bob_Barr
gptkb:Don_Nickles
gptkbp:introducedIn gptkb:House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:mainProvision Section 2 allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states
Section 3 defined marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man and one woman
gptkbp:opposedBy LGBT advocacy groups
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Pub.L._104–199
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Obergefell_v._Hodges
gptkb:United_States_v._Windsor
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:United_States_v._Windsor
gptkb:Respect_for_Marriage_Act
Section 3
2022-12-13
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Bill_Clinton
gptkbp:status partially in force
partially invalidated
gptkbp:subject gptkb:United_States_federal_law
LGBT rights
same-sex marriage
gptkbp:supportedBy social conservatives
gptkbp:title gptkb:An_Act_to_define_and_protect_the_institution_of_marriage
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bill_Clinton
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
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