Thread:Tash1/@comment-3180503-20120916154201/@comment-1976613-20130626221925

DOMA is the Defense of Marriage Act, which essentially said that all states could refuse to recognize same sex marriages performed in other states where same sex marriage is lega, also they could not recieve federal marriage benefits. So essentially it means that if you were married in New York and moved to...New Jersey, New Jersey would have the right to say your marriage is invalid. Now that can't happen anymore. Also Prop 8 banned same sex marriage in California, now that's gone too and people can legallly marry in California.