This constitutional issue will soon erupt in the PHL, too, I predict.
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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a pair of cases on same-sex marriage for the first time, prompting three University of Virginia School of Law professors to anticipate how the justices may rule.
In United States v. Windsor, the court will hear a constitutional challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 federal law that denies benefits to gay and lesbian couples married in states that allow same-sex marriage. In the second case, Hollingsworth v. Perry, the court will hear a challenge to the 2008 ballot initiative in California that banned same-sex marriage in the state.
Same-sex marriage is legal — or will be soon — in nine states and Washington, D.C. Thirty states, including Virginia, have amended their constitutions to ban same-sex marriage.
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