Voices Against DOMA: We've Got Friends

By James Esseks,
Director, ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project

(Note: This post originally appeared on the ACLU's national Blog of Rights. To learn more about how our case will impact LGBT Floridians, join us at our DOMA Town Hall.)

We're almost there – next week, on March 27, the Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in Edie Windsor's case. Essentially DOMA requires the federal government to treat legally married same-sex couples differently from all other married couples. In June, the Court will rule on whether DOMA violates equal protection by treating married gay couples as unmarried in over 1,100 federal programs.

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Watermark: Bayli Silberstein won't give up on a GSA for her school

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Huffington Post: Bayli Silberstein, Bisexual Eighth-Grader, Speaks Out As Florida School Board Tries To Block GSA

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WFTV: Lake County school board meets over gay-straight alliance club

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Orlando Sentinel: More than 100 pack Lake meeting about 'gay-straight' middle school club

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Orlando Sentinel: Lake schools should allow students to form a gay-straight alliance club

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Watermark: ACLU pushes for GSA at Carver Middle School

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ACLU: Allow gay-student group to organize at Lake middle school

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Two Recent Victories for LGBT Rights

This week witnessed two steps forward in the movement for LGBT equality in Florida.

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