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By Heather Clark<\/strong>
\nChristian News Network<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Supreme<\/a>In what some are describing as a \u2018reverberation\u2019 throughout America, several federal judges across the nation are citing the Supreme Court decision that struck down a key component of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as their basis to halt state statutes pertaining to marriage protections.<\/p>\n

As previously reported, last month, a federal judge in Ohio granted two homosexual men an injunction against a state law that prohibits the recognition of same-sex \u201cmarriage\u201d ceremonies performed in other states. The men had traveled to Maryland after the state began issuing licenses, but found that their home state of Ohio would not recognize the union.<\/p>\n

Therefore, they sued the state, and Judge Timothy Black, an Obama appointee, put a temporary halt on the law as the case moves forward, citing the Supreme Court\u2019s DOMA ruling in U.S. v. Windsor<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe purpose served by treating same-sex married couples differently than opposite-sex married couples is the same improper purpose that failed in Windsor and in Romer: \u2018to impose inequality\u2019 and to make gay citizens unequal under the law,\u201d Black wrote. Click here<\/a> to continue reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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