Gillibrand: SCOTUS Decision ‘Historic’ But Congress Must Put DOMA In ‘Dustbin Of History’

var addthis_config = {“data_track_addressbar”:true};U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) today released the following statement in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to hear Prop 8 and a DOMA marriage equality case:

“Today’s decision to hear these two cases on same-sex marriage in the nation’s highest court is truly historic. Already, first and second circuit federal appeals courts have deemed DOMA unconstitutional, and I am pleased the Supreme Court will soon have its voice heard on this important issue. Regardless of the Court’s ultimate decision, Congress will need to do its job too. It is well past time for the federal government to recognize the marriages of all loving and committed couples and finally put the discriminatory DOMA policy into the dustbin of history.”