Suit Will Challenge Federal Gay Marriage Ban (DoMA is being challenged)

[foreigncorrespondent]

(Miami, Florida) Four Florida gay and lesbian couples tomorrow will become the first same-sex couples to contest the 8-year-old federal law banning same-sex marriage.

Although gay-rights groups have limited their legal challenges to state courts, attorney Ellis Rubin says he plans to file a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of the 1995 federal Defense of Marriage Act.

Rubin was denied marriage licenses for the four couples at the Miami-Dade County clerk's office.

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