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| Gay couple who made White House history tie the knot in Seattle | Gay couple who made White House history tie the knot in Seattle |
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| When US marine Matthew Phelps proposed to Ben Schock last December, he knew he was making history as the first gay man to propose to his partner at the White House. | When US marine Matthew Phelps proposed to Ben Schock last December, he knew he was making history as the first gay man to propose to his partner at the White House. |
| "The coincidence that it would be the six-month anniversary of our first date – and also to the White House – was too big not to capitalize on," Phelps told the Huffington Post at the time. The photo of the engagement shared by the American Military Partner Association – as well as the support the couple received – went viral. | "The coincidence that it would be the six-month anniversary of our first date – and also to the White House – was too big not to capitalize on," Phelps told the Huffington Post at the time. The photo of the engagement shared by the American Military Partner Association – as well as the support the couple received – went viral. |
| This weekend, Phelps and Schock married in Seattle. | This weekend, Phelps and Schock married in Seattle. |
| Next month, the US supreme court is expected to rule in United States v Windsor, which challenges the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (Doma) and would affect members of the US military and their families. | Next month, the US supreme court is expected to rule in United States v Windsor, which challenges the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (Doma) and would affect members of the US military and their families. |
| The federal law, which bans recognition of same-sex marriages faces a split court and an uncertain future. During March hearings, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Doma "affects every area of life" for gay couples, and creates "two kinds of marriage". | The federal law, which bans recognition of same-sex marriages faces a split court and an uncertain future. During March hearings, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Doma "affects every area of life" for gay couples, and creates "two kinds of marriage". |
| "The full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage," she said. | "The full marriage, and then this sort of skim-milk marriage," she said. |
| Justice Elena Kagan also questioned the political climate in which the measure was passed by Congress and signed into law by Bill Clinton in 1996, saying it was passed during a period of "animus" and "dislike" of homosexuals. | Justice Elena Kagan also questioned the political climate in which the measure was passed by Congress and signed into law by Bill Clinton in 1996, saying it was passed during a period of "animus" and "dislike" of homosexuals. |
| Justice Anthony Kennedy, the usual swing vote on social issues, sided with the liberal justices during initial arguments by voicing concern about Doma impeding states' rights to issue their own laws on same-sex marriage. | Justice Anthony Kennedy, the usual swing vote on social issues, sided with the liberal justices during initial arguments by voicing concern about Doma impeding states' rights to issue their own laws on same-sex marriage. |
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