The Obama Administration will no longer defend legislation in court banning same-sex couples from receiving military and veterans benefits.
Title 38 defines "spouse" in the same terms as Section 3 of DOMA: "a person of the opposite sex who is a wife or husband." Together, they deprive same-sex spouses -- both of civilians and military veterans -- of federal benefits enjoyed by married heterosexual couples.
In a letter Friday to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Attorney General Eric Holder wrote: Read more »
