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Which 2013 supreme court decision ruled that the defense of marriage act violated the equal protection and was unconstitutional?

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United States v. Windsor is considered a landmark decision. The civil rights case decided that restricting marriage or the title of a spouse to only the opposite sex was unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause. The plaintiffs were married in Canada, which was legal in 2013, and lived in New York.
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The 2013 Supreme Court Decision was 'United States vs. Windsor', this was a federal civil rights case in the matter that the government restricted the understanding of marriage only to the opposing gender. 
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