Legal Opinion
Andersen v. King County
Washington Supreme Court
Decided July 26, 2006No. Nos. 75934-1; 75956-1PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Madsen, J.
The trial courts in these consolidated cases held that the provisions of Washington’s 1998 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that prohibit same-sex marriages are facially unconstitutional under the privileges and immunities and due process clauses of the Washington State Constitution. King County and the State of Washington have appealed. The plaintiffs-respondents, gay and lesbian couples, renew their constitutional arguments made to the trial courts, including a claim that DOMA violates the Equal Rights Amendment.
¶2 The two cases before us require us to decide whether the…
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