LGBT Civil Rights and Activism

This was posted by dsc on the General Discussion forum. Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023110479

The ACLU was, unusually for them, sloppy in its writing here

Part of DOMA has been struck down not the whole thing. Part 3 was struck down meaning that the federal government will now recognize same sex marriages that were performed in a state where they were recognized and whose couples are still living in a state in which they are recognized. But part 2, which permits states to not recognize the same sex marriages performed in other states lives on. Thus the numerous friends of mine who got married legally in other places are being treated no differently today than they were yesterday. To gain benefit from this decision they have to move to a state that legally recognizes their marriage.