The Defense of Marriage Act was passed by Congress in 1996 and defines marriage as a
A) union of a man and a woman and declares that states are under no legal obligation to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
B) union of a man and a woman and declares that states are under legal obligation to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
C) union of a man and a woman, man and a man, or a woman and woman and declares that states are under legal obligation to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
D) union of a man and a woman and declares that states are obligated to allow same-sex marriages.
E) a civil union of agreed parties without acknowledging same-sex marriages.
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