A federal appeals court ruled unanimously Thursday that the federal law declaring marriage to be a union solely between a man and a woman discriminates against married same-sex couples by denying them the same benefits afforded to heterosexual couples — a ruling that could set the stage for the Supreme Court to review the issue as early as next year.
Read more in The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/us/appeals-court-rules-against-federal-marriage-act.html?_r=1&ref=us