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The shift stems from a California couple who got married when it was briefly legal in 2008 before the state&#8217;s voters passed a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages. A U.S. bankruptcy trustee initially fought the men on the grounds that the federal Defense of Marriage Act prohibited it. Obama&#8217;s stance on DOMA also was cited this week by a federal appeals court in San Francisco that ordered the Pentagon to immediately stop enforcing the 17-year-old law that prohibits gay men, lesbians and bisexuals from serving openly in the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>[via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktul.com\/story\/15051352\/feds-wont-fight-bankruptcy-by-married-gay-couples\" target=\"_blank\">The AP<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=172516468500&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:comments numposts=\"10\" width=\"425\" publish_feed=\"true\"><\/fb:comments><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Obama administration&#8217;s recent position is that the federal law forbidding government recognition of same-sex unions is unconstitutional. 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