...possibly mean. It surely cannot be a novelty to make explicit what has ever been our tradition, that marriage "means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife." That cannot be the earth-shaking novelty here. The legislation is unprecedented only in the sense that,...

...possibly mean. It surely cannot be a novelty to make explicit what has ever been our tradition, that marriage "means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife." That cannot be the earth-shaking novelty here. The legislation is unprecedented only in the sense that,...

...possibly Bean. It surely cannot be a novelty to make explicit what has ever been our tradition, that marriage "means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wir«. " That cannot be tbe earth-shaking novelty here. The legislation is unprecedented only in the...

...introduced the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which defines marriage in exclusively heterosexual terms, as "a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife." The last legislation that Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole co-sponsored before he resigned...

...treated as a marriage; and it would define marriage for the purpose of interpreting federal law as a "legal union between one man and one woman as husband and 48 Cf. Richard Flathman's criticism of Hanna Pitkin's "semantic rule approach" in his Political Obligation...

...introduced the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage in exclusively heterosexual terms, as "a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife."'6 The last legislation that Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole cosponsored before he...

...more common marital experience of divorce. lt defined marriage exclusively in heterosexual terms as 'a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife.' lt also permitted states not to recognize marriages from any states not following this model.'" As...

...The second section provided that, any time the term "marriage" appeared in federal law, it would mean "only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife", and that any time the term "spouse" appeared, it would mean only "a person of the opposite-sex who is a...

...groups, Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act, placing into federal law a definition of marriage as "a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife." Finally, after twice vetoing GOP versions of welfare reform, Clinton defied his Democratic congressional...

...recognition of same-sex marriages. This legislation also defines "marriage" for Federal agencies as the "legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, [with] the word 'spouse' referring] only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife."...