Aldus de Huffington Post:
Korte vertaling: De Defense of Marriage Act is ongrondwettig verklaard door het Amerikaanse Hooggerechtshof. De federale overheid mag voortaan huwelijken tussen mensen van hetzelfde geslacht erkennen die zijn gesloten in Staten waar zulks legaal is.WASHINGTON -- The Defense of Marriage Act, the law barring the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages legalized by the states, is unconstitutional, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday by a 5-4 vote.
"The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and to injure those whom the State, by its marriage laws, sought to protect in personhood and dignity,” Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion. “By seeking to displace this protection and treating those persons as living in marriages less respected than others, the federal statute is in violation of the Fifth Amendment.”
De VS lijken behoorlijke stappen te maken als het gaat om rechtsongelijkheid tussen heterostellen en homostellen. Eerder al werd het Don't Ask, Don't Tell-beleid geschrapt.
