The 5-4 ruling of United States v. Edith Windsor made the federal government to legally derecognize married gay men and lesbian women.

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The ruling in United States v. Edith Windsor actually struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defined marriage as between a man and a woman and prevented legally married same-sex couples from accessing federal benefits. The ruling made it unconstitutional for the federal government to so narrowly define marriage and recognized legally married same-sex couples for the purposes of federal law.

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