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President Obama will extend some benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees, but the Defense of Marriage Act threatens this progress. The Takeaway talks to Kenji Yoshino, professor of constitutional law at the NYU School of Law.
President Obama said yesterday that he will extend some benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees. But with the Defense of Marriage Act still in place, how big a step forward is really possible? The Takeaway talks to Kenji Yoshino, the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at the NYU School of Law.