Amended Complaint Filed in DOMA Challenge
On Friday, July 31, GLAD filed an amended complaint in Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, our lawsuit challenging Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act.
In the amended complaint, we officially added tax plaintiffs Mary and Dorene Bowe-Shulman and Marlin Nabors and Jonathan Knight. We also removed the claim involving passport plaintiffs Keith and Al Toney. Due to a change in State Department policy in June of this year, Keith Toney has been able to get a U.S. passport in his correct married name.
As a result of the July 31 filing, the Department of Justice response will be due on or before September 18, 2009.
Read the amended complaint here.
Complete information about the lawsuit is available at www.glad.org/doma.
A thoughtful analysis of the amended complaint appears at the blog Law Dork.