The legalization of same-sex marriage in New York brings the number of states that allow same-sex marriage to six and doubles the number of Americans living in a state with legal gay marriage. Even more than those six recognize marriages issued by other states. For example, Illinois recently legalized civil unions, and while Illinois residents cannot get gay married, the state does recognize same-sex marriages from, say, New York. The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) keeps the federal government from recognizing state-approved same-sex marriages. Because of DOMA, if one spouse works for the federal government she cannot share her benefits with her partner even if they are legally married in the state where they live . President Obama has stopped defending DOMA in court but the executive branch still must enforce the law and therefore cannot recognize same-sex marriages allowed by individual states. Do you think DOMA is destined to die out, or will the federal law overcome laws of the handful of states that have legalized gay marriage?
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