House Republicans have officially appealed recent rulings against the Defense of Marriage Act to the Supreme Court. Last Friday, attorneys for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) formally appealed the decisions of two federal appeals courts that determined DOMA to be unconstitutional in two separate cases (Gill v. Office of Personnel Management and Massachusetts v. United States). This will be the first time the highest court in the nation will get to weigh in on the controversial matter.
This article appears in Jun 28 – Jul 4, 2012.