{"id":717,"date":"2012-06-06T16:10:12","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T16:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.council.nyc\/press\/?p=717"},"modified":"2016-12-12T16:10:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T16:10:28","slug":"statement-by-speaker-christine-c-quinn-re-federal-district-court-ruling-doma-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2012\/06\/06\/717\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by Speaker Christine C. Quinn Re: Federal District Court Ruling DOMA Unconstitutional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled by the news that yet another Federal Court has found the Defense of Marriage Act to be an indefensible assault on our civil liberties.<\/p>\n<p>Edie Windsor\u2019s suit seeking a refund of the federal estate tax paid by the estate of her late wife is a stark reminder that the benefits and security of marriage have yet to be extended to all people. I want to thank Edie Windsor for waging a brave and courageous fight for justice. <\/p>\n<p>I also want to thank Robbie Kaplan, James Esseks and others who have worked so hard to overturn DOMA.  We celebrate and salute their tireless efforts.<\/p>\n<p>This decision is proof that our movement for equality is building momentum. America is on the cusp of meaningful change. Soon, DOMA will be nothing more than a distant, shameful memory and I thank everyone who has brought us to this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrilled by the news that yet another Federal Court has found the Defense of Marriage Act to be an indefensible assault on our civil liberties.<\/p>\n<p>Edie Windsor\u2019s suit seeking a refund of the federal estate tax paid by the estate of her late wife is a stark reminder that the benefits and security of marriage have yet to be extended to all people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2012\/06\/06\/717\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}