Via the AP:
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.
The 1996 federal law denies federal recognition of gay marriage. Massachusetts was the first state to allow the practice.
The Boston-based Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders [GLAD] has already sued over the federal law. It says it discriminates against gay couples and is unconstitutional because it denies them access to federal benefits that other married couples receive.
I’m still looking for a statement from MA-basedGLAD, which has its own DOMA challenge in the works. That case was pushed back to September.
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