Not content with having in 1996 put a Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) on the statute book, Congress has now begun to hold hearings on a Respect for Marriage Act.

美国国会并不满足于在1996年将《婚姻保护条例》(DOMA)加入法令全书，现在他开始举行关于《尊重婚姻条例》的听证会。

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He campaigned on the promise of repealing "don't ask, don't tell" and DOMA. He has not touched the former and his Justice Department issued a brief defending the latter.

而关于废除“不问、不说”政策以及DOMA的承诺，前者仍未实现，而司法部又发布了一份简报为后者辩护。

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The other side includes two bedrooms, an entrance staircase, and a reception area known as a doma.

另一边包括两间卧室，一个入口的楼梯和一个称为DOMA的接待区。

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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.

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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.

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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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