U.S. District Court to hear oral arguments challenging DOMA

Could this be the next step?

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California will hear oral arguments this coming Friday, that affects  DOMA.

Lambda Legal filed suit against the federal government earlier this year on behalf of Karen Golinski, an employee of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. 

Golinski seeks the same spousal health insurance for her wife, Amy Cunninghis, that heterosexual employees receive for their spouses. 

Golinski v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) requests an order directing the agency to obey prior rulings by Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski awarding the equal insurance benefits to Golinski and to rescind its instruction to Golinski's insurer, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, not to enroll Cunninghis in Golinski's family health insurance plan.


Oral arguments will begin at 10 a.m. Friday in Courtroom 11 on the 11th floor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 450 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102 

This could a good start to something, well, good.


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