A federal district judge in New York ruled last week that the Defense of Marriage Act violates the Constitution by requiring the plaintiff to pay federal estate tax on her same-sex spouse’s estate, even though opposite-sex spouses are exempt. It follows a string of other rulings striking down the law in a federal appeals court, two federal district courts and a bankruptcy court.
Read more in The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/opinion/the-defense-of-marriage-act-exposed.html?_r=1&src=rechp