Document Type
Essay
Publication Title
Emory L. J. Online
Abstract
When eighty-four-year-old Edie Windsor challenged the Defense of Marriage Act's constitutionality, she may not have predicted the case's historic importance. The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), enacted in 1996, amended the federal Dictionary Act to define "marriage" and "spouse" to exclude same-sex marriages in over 1,000 statutes and regulations.
First Page
2001
Publication Date
2014
Recommended Citation
Anthony M. Kreis,
Unhinging Same-Sex Marriage from the Constitutional Canon: The Search for a Principled Doctrinal Framework,
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Emory L. J. Online
2001
(2014).
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/elj-online/29
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