1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)

Dublin Core

Title

1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)

Creator

White House Office of Records Management
Chief of Staff
Clerk's Office
Correspondence Office
Office of the Counsel to the President
Domestic Policy Council
Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
Office of Legislative Affairs
National AIDS Policy Office
Office of Oval Office Operations
Office of the Press Secretary
Office of Public Liaison
Office of Speechwriting
Automated Records Management System
Tape Restoration Project

Identifier

2013-0028-F

Description

President Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) into law on September 21, 1996. The Act declared that no state shall be required to recognize a same-gender marriage performed in another state. DOMA also defined marriage as only between a man and a woman for purposes of Federal law. This collection consists of files and email accounts from the White House staff related to The Defense of Marriage Act. The collection also contains records related to Hawaii Supreme Court’s Baehrs vs. Lewin, and California’s Proposition 22. The collection consists of clippings, emails, letters, memoranda, notes, press releases, and talking points concerning DOMA, same sex marriage, and domestic partnerships.

Provenance

Clinton Presidential Records: White House Office of Records Management
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System
Clinton Presidential Records: Tape Restoration Project

Publisher

William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum

Extent

112 folders in 7 boxes

Items in the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Collection

202578

160517SS

160955SS

166143SS

167521SS

168680

169834

170315

170365

171201

178598

185382SS

187332

187509

187564

236829

236897

244824

290720

406506

408020

198670

401496

213477

Gay Marriages – General

Anti-Gay Marriage Bill / Same Sex Marriage

Homosexual / Same Sex Marriage

[Letter and Supplementary Information regarding Same-Sex Marriage]

September 21, 1996 [Defense of Marriage Act]

Presidential Correspondence Mail Analysis Book Twelve = P-314 – P-320 [binder] [1]

Presidential Correspondence Mail Analysis Book Twelve = P-314 – P-320 [binder] [2]

Presidential Correspondence Mail Analysis Book Twelve = P-314 – P-320 [binder] [3]

Presidential Correspondence Mail Analysis Book Twelve = P-314 – P-320 [binder] [4]

Presidential Correspondence Mail Analysis Book Twelve = P-314 – P-320 [binder] [5]

Presidential Correspondence Mail Analysis Book Twelve = P-314 – P-320 [binder] [6]

Presidential Correspondence Mail Analysis Book Twelve = P-314 – P-320 [binder] [7]

Same-Sex Marriage Background [1]

Same-Sex Marriage Background [2]

Gay Marriage 96

Same Sex Marriage: [Articles] [Folder 1] [loose]

Same Sex Marriage: [Articles] [Folder 2] [loose]

Same Sex Marriage: Caselaw

Same Sex Marriage: [Email] [loose]

Same Sex Marriage: Law Review

Same Sex Marriage: [Marriage Rights Projects]

Same Sex Marriage: [Memoranda] [loose]

Same Sex Marriage: News Clips

Same Sex Marriage: Report of the Commission on Sexual Orientation and the Law [Folder 1] [1]

Same Sex Marriage: Report of the Commission on Sexual Orientation and the Law [Folder 1] [2]

Same Sex Marriage: Report of the Commission on Sexual Orientation and the Law [Folder 2] [1]

Same Sex Marriage: Report of the Commission on Sexual Orientation and the Law [Folder 2] [2]

Same Sex Marriage: VHPA [Virginia Housing Development Authority]

Gay Marriage Legislation

Gay Marriage [1]

Gay Marriage [2]

Gay Marriage [3]

Gay Marriage [4]

Gay Marriage [5]

Gay Marriage [6]

Gay Marriage [7]

Gay Marriage [8]

DOMA [Defense of Marriage Act] / California Proposition 22

Gay Marriages

Same Sex Marriage

H.R. [House of Representatives] 3396 Gay Marriages

Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, September 1996 DOMA [Defense of Marriage Act] – Final Draft

Gay Marriage Talking Points

Same Sex Marriage

September 3 1996 Memo for Alexis Herman from George Stephanopoulos and Richard Socarides Same-Sex Marriage

Defense of Marriage Act

DO [Defense of] Marriage Act [1]

DO [Defense of] Marriage Act [2]

DO [Defense of] Marriage Act [3]

DOMA [Defense of Marriage Act]

ENDA [Employment Non-Discrimination Act] / DOMA [Defense of Marriage Act] Vote

G/L [Gay/Lesbian] Marriage Hawaii

Gay Marriage

Marriage [Folder 1]

Marriage [Folder 2]

Gay Marriage Issue

Jack Quinn Memo on Gay Marriage – 04/08/1996

POTUS Talking Points on Gay Marriage for 03/29 Coffee

[12/17/1999 – 05/24/2000]

[10/13/1999 – 04/27/2000]

[08/12/1996]

[05/10/1996 – 07/12/1996]

[07/12/1996 – 09/22/1997]

[01/29/1998 – 07/30/1999]

[09/21/1999 – 09/28/2000]

[05/22/1996 – 09/09/1996]

[09/11/1996 – 12/22/1998]

[05/23/1996 – 05/09/2000]

[02/28/1996 – 09/21/1999]

[10/16/1999 – 03/01/2000]

[03/02/2000 – 05/15/2000]

[06/09/2000 – 01/03/2001]

[12/06/1999]

[07/11/1996 – 12/21/1999]

[08/27/1998 – 05/02/2000]

[12/19/1995 – 09/30/1999]

[10/26/1999 – 01/12/2000]

[02/09/2000 – 10/04/2000]

[11/21/1997/1997 – 05/23/2000]

[11/27/1995 – 11/13/2000]

[06/24/1998 – 11/12/1998]

[01/23/1997]

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