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Democrats Just Forced Every House Republican to Take a Stance on Marriage Equality
In 1996, Congress passed and President Bill Clinton signed one of the most misleadingly named bills in the 20th century: the Defense of Marriage Act, also known as DOMA. It did not defend a single marriage in the nearly two decades that it remained on the books. To the contrary, DOMA denied federal legal benefits of marriage to countless couples solely because the spouses happened to be of the same gender.On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed a bill to replace DOMA called the Respect for Marriage Act, which is considerably more accurately named. If signed into federal law, it would ensure that same-sex couples receive equal treatment under federal law. The Senate is reportedly expe

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