Defense of Marriage Act
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The Defense of Marriage Act was a 1996 U.S. federal law that defined marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man and one woman and allowed states to refuse recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Defense of Marriage Act canonical | 5 |
| DOMA | 1 |
| Defense of Marriage Act, Section 3 | 1 |
| Section 2 of the Defense of Marriage Act | 1 |
| Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2657381 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Defense of Marriage Act Context triple: [Clinton administration, signed, Defense of Marriage Act]
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A.
The Marriage Clause
"The Marriage Clause" is a 1926 silent drama film starring Billie Dove, notable for its backstage Hollywood setting and exploration of love, ambition, and contractual obligations in the film industry.
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B.
United States v. Windsor
United States v. Windsor is a landmark 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down key parts of the Defense of Marriage Act, advancing federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
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C.
Reed v. Reed
Reed v. Reed is a landmark 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case that for the first time struck down a law for discriminating on the basis of sex under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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D.
Obergefell v. Hodges
Obergefell v. Hodges is the landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide by ruling that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.
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E.
Eisenstadt v. Baird
Eisenstadt v. Baird is a landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision that extended the right to possess and use contraceptives to unmarried individuals, significantly advancing privacy and equal protection jurisprudence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Defense of Marriage Act Target entity description: The Defense of Marriage Act was a 1996 U.S. federal law that defined marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man and one woman and allowed states to refuse recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions.
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A.
The Marriage Clause
"The Marriage Clause" is a 1926 silent drama film starring Billie Dove, notable for its backstage Hollywood setting and exploration of love, ambition, and contractual obligations in the film industry.
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B.
United States v. Windsor
United States v. Windsor is a landmark 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down key parts of the Defense of Marriage Act, advancing federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
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C.
Reed v. Reed
Reed v. Reed is a landmark 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case that for the first time struck down a law for discriminating on the basis of sex under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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D.
Obergefell v. Hodges
Obergefell v. Hodges is the landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide by ruling that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.
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E.
Eisenstadt v. Baird
Eisenstadt v. Baird is a landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court decision that extended the right to possess and use contraceptives to unmarried individuals, significantly advancing privacy and equal protection jurisprudence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Defense of Marriage Act Description of subject: The Defense of Marriage Act was a 1996 U.S. federal law that defined marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man and one woman and allowed states to refuse recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act
this entity surface form:
Section 2 of the Defense of Marriage Act
this entity surface form:
DOMA
this entity surface form:
Defense of Marriage Act, Section 3
subject surface form:
United States v. Windsor
subject surface form:
United States v. Windsor