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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Massachusetts sues feds over definition of marriage

by Denise Lavoie, AP, www.OneNewsNow.com

Massachusetts is suing the federal government over a law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

State Attorney General Martha Coakley filed the lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in Boston. It says the federal Defense of Marriage Act interferes with the right of Massachusetts to define marriage as it sees fit.

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