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Via CNS News
Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas) introduced a bill Thursday to mitigate the damage done to state sovereignty by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last year overturning the Defense of Marriage Act or DOMA.
The State Marriage Defense Act of 2014 would require federal agencies to check an individual’s legal residence when determining marital status and the application of federal law.
The bill’s introduction came one day ahead of the Department of Justice posting a video on its website on Friday of Attorney General Eric Holder saying the federal government would recognize same-sex couples in Utah even though the U.S. Supreme Court put a hold on the practice.
More than 1,000 homosexual and lesbian couple married over the course of time that the law was in place before the Supreme Court stayed a federal District Court judge’s ruling that struck down the ban on gay marriage in Utah last month.
Utah tried but failed to petition two lower courts to put a stop to same-sex weddings that took place after Judge Robert Shelby’s ruling to overturn the voter-approved ban on gay marriage. The U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay in the case while the state appeals it, the New York Times reported.