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The Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA

Calvin Trillin

July 3, 2013

“The court invalidated the Defense of Marriage Act, which denied federal benefits to gay couples who are legally married in their states.”   —NBC News Those not in catacombs in Roma Will know the court has struck down DOMA. That’s great for gays in, say, Tacoma— Unless they move to Oklahoma.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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