Defense of Marriage Act

...engage in the issues with facts, not speculations." That upsets some conservatives, who argue that by releasing the data, the bureau is violating the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). "Federal law states that marriage is between a man and...

In this article: Census Bureau, Newsweek, U.S., University of Massachusetts, and UCLA

...partners. But it didn't release the numbers. That was prohibited by the Bush administration, which cited the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act's ban on federal recognition of same-sex marriages. This summer, the Obama administration reversed...

In this article: Census Bureau, Georgetown University, Massachusetts, and United States

...gray cloud lining -- most of it invisible to the consumers of demographic products. After Congress adopted the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996, federal agencies refused to report on married same-sex couples -- even those married in places...

In this article: Census Bureau, Silver, Carl Sagan, Chinese Exclusion Act, and Michelle Obama

...patching up relations with the gay community. On Monday, administration lawyers made it clear that Obama thinks the Defense of Marriage Act discriminates against gays and should be repealed. Two weeks ago, the Census Bureau announced that...

In this article: Justice Department, Census Bureau, E mail, and University of Colorado at Boulder

...the data. In a legal opinion published last week, Commerce Department lawyers concluded that the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act does not prohibit the Census Bureau from publicly releasing the data, contrary to the conclusions reached by Bush...

In this article: Census Bureau, Legal opinion, and Illinois

...count. But last summer, when two states sanctioned gay unions, the bureau said those legal marriages would go uncounted because the federal Defense of Marriage Act prevented the federal government from recognizing them. Since...

In this article: Census Bureau, White House, University of California, Los Angeles, Robert Gibbs, and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

...spouses will be recorded as "unmarried partners" -- just as they were in the 2000 census. Census Bureau spokesman Stephen Buckner cited the Defense of Marriage Act, approved by Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996, which...

In this article: Census Bureau, Massachusetts, and California