History at the Supreme Court: Day 2

Edie Windsor had her day in the U.S. Supreme Court today—and she stood courageously for all of us.

 

The federal government must stop discriminating against married same-sex couples. The so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional, and must finally be struck down.

 

Three of Lambda Legal’s expert attorneys were in the courtroom to witness history.

 

After successfully challenging the constitutionality of Section 3 of DOMA in our own case before a federal appeals court on behalf of Karen Golinski, we also submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in this case with our colleagues from GLAD.

 

We argued that DOMA is a recipe for discrimination: It targets a particular group disliked at the time of its passage, affects important personal interests, and represents a one-time departure from usual federal policy and practice. It’s clearly a violation of equal protection guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.