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Plaintiff Edith Windsor of New York, speaks to reporters in Washington, Wednesday, March 27, 2013, after the Supreme Court heard arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) case. The U.S. Supreme Court, in the second day of gay marriage cases, turned Wednesday to a constitutional challenge to the federal law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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A woman holds up a sign that reads "REPEAL DOMA," the Defense of Marriage Act, as a group from Alabama prays in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. In the second of back-to-back gay marriage case, the Supreme Court is turning to a constitutional challenge to the law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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With the Capitol in the background, supporters of gay marriage carry signs in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 27, 2013, before the court heard arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). In the second of back-to-back gay marriage case, the Supreme Court is turning to a constitutional challenge to the law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Allan Hoyle of North Carolina, with the large white sign, center, speaks out against gay marriage across from the street from the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 27, 2013, after the court heard arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) case. The U.S. Supreme Court, in the second day of gay marriage cases, turned Wednesday to a constitutional challenge to the federal law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Demonstrators gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the court heard arguments on a part of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act
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Qween Amar, of Orlando, Florida, dances as demonstrators gather as arguments are heard on California's Proposition 8 concerning gay marriage, outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
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Kris White, 32, and Lyssa White, 29, of Manassas, Va., said they've been married for five years, and carried a poster referring to a 1967 Supreme Court case that overturned state laws banning marriages like theirs. Supporters of gay marriage say there are close parallels between that case, Loving v Virginia, and the case the court heard Tuesday, Hollingsworth v Perry, which challenges California's voter-approved ban on gay marriages. Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Curtis Tate/MCT
Supporters of gay marriage respond to protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. About eight members of the church, which protests military funerals and other events with anti-gay signs and music, were outside the court ahead of oral arguments in the first of two gay marriage cases justices will hear this week. Curtis Tate/MCT
Actor and director Rob Reiner talks to reporters outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Reiner was one of many high-profile supporters of gay marriage who heard arguments in the first of two cases the court will hear this week. The court's decisions in the two cases won't be announced until June. Curtis Tate/MCT
Members of the public wait in line to see even catch a brief glimpse of oral arguments as the Supreme Court takes up the first of two gay marriage cases on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Some camped out in front of the court over the weekend, enduring fickle spring weather that included sunshine and snow. Curtis Tate/MCT
A supporter of gay marriage holds a sign referring to Justice Anthony Kennedy, regarded as a swing vote in both cases the Supreme Court will hear this week. Kennedy, a Republican appointee from California, could be pivotal in deciding the constitutionality of the state's voter-approved ban on gay marriages, Proposition 8. Curtis Tate/MCT
DeWayne Davis, a clergy candidate at Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, said he was "proud" to be standing among supporters of gay marriage outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, as the nine justices heard arguments in the first of two cases on gay marriage this week. Curtis Tate/MCT
Opponents of gay marriage gather in front of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Protect Marriage Maryland was one of the leading groups that brought the issue to the ballot in November in Maryland. However, gay marriage supporters prevailed in that state and two others. By January, gay couples could marry in nine states and the District of Columbia. The Supreme Court could add California to that list, depending on how it rules on one of the two cases it will hear this week. Curtis Tate/MCT
Plaintiffs Kris Perry, left, and her partner Sandy Stier, right, both from Berkeley, Cailf., meet with the media outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, after the court heard arguments on California's voter approved ban on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Plaintiffs Paul Katami, left, and his partner Jeff Zarillo, right, from Burbank, Calif., meet with the media outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, after the court heard arguments on California's voter approved ban on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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From left, attorney David Boies, plaintiffs, Sandy Stier, with partner Kris Perry, from Berkeley, Calif., Jeff Zarrillo, with partner Paul Katami from Burbank, Calif., and their attorney Theodore Olson leave the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, after the heard arguments on California's voter approved ban on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8. The Supreme Court waded into the fight over same-sex marriage Tuesday, at a time when public opinion is shifting rapidly in favor of permitting gay and lesbian couples to wed, but 40 states don't allow it. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Marcus, left, and Daniel German-Dominguez stand outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, before the court's hearing on California’s voter approved ban on same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Demonstrators stand outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, where the court will hear arguments on California’s voter approved ban on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Actor, director and producer Robert Reiner is interviewed outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, before the court will hear arguments on California’s voter approved ban on same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Demonstrators gather as arguments are heard on California's Proposition 8 concerning gay marriage, outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 26, 2013. (Molly Riley/MCT)
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Gail Schulte, of Alexandria, Virginia, gathers with other demonstrators as arguments are heard on California's Proposition 8 concerning gay marriage, outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington March 26, 2013. (Molly Riley/MCT)
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Demonstrators march outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, where the justices were hearing arguments on California's voter approved ban on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8. The Supreme Court waded into the fight over same-sex marriage Tuesday, at a time when public opinion is shifting rapidly in favor of permitting gay and lesbian couples to wed, but 40 states don't allow it. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Demonstrators stand outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, where the court will hear arguments on California’s voter approved ban on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Qween Amar, of Orlando, Florida dances as demonstrators gather as arguments are heard on California's Proposition 8 concerning gay marriage, outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 26, 2013. (Molly Riley/MCT)
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Demonstrators gather as arguments are heard on California's Proposition 8 concerning gay marriage, outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 26, 2013. (Molly Riley/MCT)
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Qween Amar, of Orlando, Florida, dances as demonstrators gather as arguments are heard on California's Proposition 8 concerning gay marriage, outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 26, 2013. (Molly Riley/MCT)
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