Clinton Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Same Sex Marriage Ban He Signed
Says many who supported DOMA did so because they feared a constitutional ban on same sex marriage
Former President Bill Clinton has called for an end to the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the federal law that called for marriage to be defined as between a man and a woman. In an Op-Ed piece in Thursday's Washington Post, the 42nd president of the U.S. called on the Supreme Court to strike down DOMA.
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