Dibble: 'Love Prevails' in U.S. Supreme Court's Decision on DOMA, Prop 8

Six weeks after Minnesota became the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act in violation of the Fifth Amendment.

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The Supreme Court of the United States ruled twice in favor of same-sex marriage advocates Wednesday morning, stating the Defense of Marriage Act was in direct violation of the United States Constitution and ruling that California’s Proposition 8 case had been decided by lower courts, dismissing the appeal.

Sen. Scott Dibble, co-author of the Minnesota marriage bill, married his partner, Richard, in California in 2008. In a statement Wednesday, Dibble said: 

“Today I am happy to be considered married to my husband in the eyes of the federal government. This decision recognizes a simple fact: the freedom in the Constitution means freedom for everyone.

"Now all states with the freedom to marry, and soon many Minnesotans, can look forward to getting the more than 1,138 federal rights benefits and responsibilities that come with marriage. Now it is time to get on with the business of working hard, paying our taxes, building our lives, fully participating in our communities.

"I am also overjoyed that loving couples, many of them our close friends, will be allowed once again to form their families and get married in California, just like my husband Richard and I were able to do in 2008. Today love prevails!”

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