Topic: Joseph Tauro

DOJ appeals Mass. rulings assailing federal Defense of Marriage lawThe U.S. Department of Justice has appealed rulings by a judge in Massachusetts who deemed unconstitutional a federal law denying married gay couples federal benefits.The DOJ on Tuesday filed a notice of appeal ...

Last week a federal judge in Massachusetts ruled that parts of the " In Massachusetts, same-sex marriage is legal, but because of the Defense of Marriage law passed in 1996 and signed by President Bill Clinton federal benefits are not available to ...

While all eyes were on California, where a very high-profile case about same-sex marriage is moving to a judge's ruling, a federal judge in Massachusetts handed down rulings in a pair of cases that struck at the heart of the Defense of ...

Gay marriage foes unhappy about Thursday's ruling calling gay marriage ban DOMA unconstitutional are suggesting the government threw the caseGay marriage foes unhappy about Thursday's ruling calling gay marriage ban DOMA unconstitutional are suggesting the government threw the case. US District Court ...

Mass. AG argues against federal gay marriage ban, says law penalizes married gay couplesThe Massachusetts Attorney General has asked a judge to strike down a federal ban on gay marriage because it interferes with state's rights to define marriage.Martha Coakley's office challenged ...

A third federal challenge to restricting marriage to heterosexual couples opens Wednesday in MassachusettsA third federal challenge to restricting marriage to heterosexual couples opens Wednesday in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley filed the lawsuit last July on behalf of the 16,000 ...