Severity 4 — Severe⚖️ rights21 September 1996

Defense of Marriage Act — Federal Law Bars Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage

Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act, defining marriage federally as between one man and one woman and allowing states to refuse recognition of same-sex marriages performed elsewhere — denying same-sex couples over 1,000 federal rights and benefits tied to marriage for the following seventeen years, until the Supreme Court struck down its core provision in United States v. Windsor (2013).

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Bill Clinton — Democratic Party

In power 1993–2001

Source

United States v. Windsor — Supreme Court of the United States

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