Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Department of Health and Human Services Archives

by Carla Lopez | Jul 8, 2010 | marriage equality, freedom to marry, DOMA, Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Department of Health and Human Services

A Statement from NCLR Legal Director Shannon Minter (San Francisco, CA, July 8, 2010)—Today, in the cases Gill v. Office of Personnel Management and Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Department of Health and Human Services, which challenge the constitutionality of the so-called “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA), Judge Joseph Tauro of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that the denial of federal rights and benefits to lawfully married same-sex couples is...