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Tue Mar 27, 2012, 11:56 AM Mar 2012

DOJ Seeks Quick Court Action Against DOMA

Source: Metro Weekly

DOJ Seeks Quick Court Action Against DOMA
As Health Benefits Begin for Karen Golinski's Wife
Posted by Chris Geidner |
March 27, 2012 3:05 AM |

On Monday, March 26, the Department of Justice took aggressive action to move forward the case of a California federal court employee, Karen Golinski, who is beginning to receive equal health insurance coverage for her wife as a result of the trial-court win in her ongoing lawsuit challenging the constitutionality Defense of Marriage Act.

Calling the resolution of the case a "constitutional question of exceptional importance and urgency," DOJ lawyers -- with Golinski's support -- are seeking to speed up the appeal with the aim of resolving whether Section 3 of DOMA, which defines "marriage" and "spouse" as pertaining only to opposite-sex couples, unconstitutionally discriminates based on sexual orientation.

If DOJ lawyers have their way, an 11-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will be considering the case of Golinski v. Office of Personnel Management well before the presidential election this November.

Additionally, even as the appeal is pending, OPM has directed Golinski's insurer to begin providing equal coverage for her wife, Amy Cunninghis.

Read more: http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2012/03/doj-seeks-quick-court-action-a.html

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