Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and the author of the Respect for Marriage Act to repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), lauded the Senate Judiciary Committee’s affirmative vote for the Respect for Marriage Act.

He issued the following statement:

“I wholeheartedly commend our allies in the Senate Judiciary Committee for voting today to repeal DOMA and send that ugly and discriminatory law into the history books, where it belongs.  I thank Chairman Leahy and Senators Feinstein, Gillibrand, Schumer and others for their important work in making history and getting us to this point.  Clearly the tide is slowly but steadily turning toward equality and justice for all Americans.”

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