Midterm Vocab

Question 1

DOMA

Answer 1

Defense of Marriage Act - The court struck down Section 3 of DOMA, which denied federal recognition of same-sex marriages. It left in place Section 2, which allows states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.

Question 2

Full Faith and Credit Clause

Answer 2

§ 1, Article IV of the U.S. Constitution – gives full faith and credit to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every state.

Question 3

Civil Unions

Answer 3

legal recognition of marriage-like partnerships, but not marriage. Not portable from state to state.

Question 4

Domestic Partnership

Answer 4

a legal or personal relationship between two individuals who live together and share common domestic life, but not legally married or bound by civil unions.

Question 5

Post-mortem conception

Answer 5

Man and woman have their eggs and sperm frozen for use a future time.