STATEMENT OF ARCHBISHOP CHARLES J. CHAPUT, O.F.M CAP.
In striking down Sec. 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in United States v. Windsor, the Court leaves intact – at least for now — state constitutional definitions of marriage as an institution restricted to one man and one woman. As Justice Samuel Alito points out in his dissent, no federal \”right\” to same-sex marriage exists. The Constitution simply does not establish one.
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