ASCHROFT INTERVENES IN DOMA SUIT: From the Associated Press

A couple seeking to overturn government bans on same sex marriages will have to contend with the legal weight of the federal government.

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked to intervene in a lawsuit filed by Christopher Hammer and Arthur Smelt that claims federal and state bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional. ...

Hammer and Smelt, both 45, of Mission Viejo are the first couple to file a suit challenging marriage laws in federal court in California. Other challenges have been filed in state courts.

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