DOMA deprives the equal liberty of persons that is protected by the Fifth Amendment

The Unites States Supreme Court today voting 5-4 struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, a United States federal law that restricted federal marriage benefits and required inter-state marriage recognition to only opposite-sex marriages in the United States. Learn more about today's Supreme Court ruling and the Defense of Marriage Act: Defense of Marriage Act on Wikipedia. Supreme Court DOMA Decision Rules Federal Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional on Huffington Post. Commentary and analysis of the Supreme Court decision on SCOTUSBLOG .