On the other side, Chief Justice John Roberts repeatedly asked whether it would step on state power to do the opposite of DOMA -- pass a law providing full federal benefits to any legally married same-sex couple.
For now this self-described "boring couple" say they look forward to the day their children would be born and raised in a post-DOMA world.
The Obama administration has refused to enforce the law, so there is a legal question whether having won a lower-court ruling declaring DOMA unconstitutional, it has standing to pursue an appeal.
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The 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was not primarily a tax law but it certainly affects the federal taxes that same-sex couples pay.
In one case, several parties have challenged a federal law known as the Defense of Marriage Act (Doma), a measure that denies federal benefits available for straight couples to legally married same-sex couples.
The DOMA argument followed Tuesday's case over California's ban on same-sex marriage, a case in which the justices indicated they might avoid a major national ruling on whether America's gays and lesbians have a right to marry.
But obviously the DOMA decision -- what he said in New York was about his belief, our belief, that this is a matter that states should decide.
Roberts and Justice Antonin Scalia also suggested DOMA could still remain in place as a valid extension of congressional authority, as 41 states do not allow same-sex marriage.
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