Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management
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pedersen-v-office-of-personnel-management-316-13194258
title:
Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management
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Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management is a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, Section 3, which defined the federal definition of marriage to be a union of a man and a woman, entirely excluding legally married same-sex couples. The District Court that originally heard the case ruled Section 3 unconstitutional. On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled Section 3 of DOMA unconstitutional, and denied appeal of Pedersen the next
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United States federal lawsuit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedersen_v._Office_of_Personnel_Management
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2023-09-13T02:53:05Z
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