Massachusetts AG Challenges DOMA

Martha Coakley, the Massachusetts attorney general who lost the special election last month to fill the Senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy, has filed court papers arguing that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutionally requires Massachusetts to discriminate against same-sex couples (Boston Globe). Coakley is asking a U.S. District Court to deem DOMA unconstitutional without a trial. Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage in 2004.