Defense of marriage amendment
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Defense of marriage amendment or Defense of marriage act may refer to several laws or proposed laws in the United States:
- U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions
- Defense of Marriage Act, the statute banning federal recognition of same-sex marriage in the United States
- Federal Marriage Amendment, a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex unions in the United States
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