Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects	gptkb:Obergefell_v._Hodges gptkb:United_States_v._Windsor
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Marriage_law_in_the_United_States 1996 in American law LGBT law in the United States
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:110_Stat._2419
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateEnacted	September 21, 1996
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
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 rights organizations
gptkbp:publicLawNumber	gptkb:Pub.L._104–199
gptkbp:repealedBy	gptkb:United_States_v._Windsor Section 3
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:Respect_for_Marriage_Act
gptkbp:shortName	gptkb:DOMA
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Bill_Clinton
gptkbp:status	Partially invalidated Section 2 unenforceable after Obergefell v. Hodges Section 3 unconstitutional
gptkbp:subject	Same-sex marriage Federal recognition of marriage
gptkbp:supportedBy	Social conservatives
gptkbp:title	gptkb:An_Act_to_define_and_protect_the_institution_of_marriage
gptkbp:yearRepealed	2022
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:United_States_v._Edith_Schlain_Windsor,_in_Her_Capacity_as_Executor_of_the_Estate_of_Thea_Clara_Spyer,_et_al.
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)