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Told, actually, through the plaintiff, edie windsor in that case, who was with married at the end of thea's life, and in the eyes of the state of new york, they're the next of kin. in the eyes of the federal government, they were legal strangers. so edie was struck with a $363,000 estate tax simply because her partner was a woman rather than a man. so this is happening throughout the country. and all 12 of those jurisdictions that you mentioned, individuals can be married in the eyes of their state but can just be seen as complete strangers in the eyes of the federal government. >> and so we c...

Told, actually, through the plaintiff, e.d. windsor in that case who was with her partner for 40 years and that they were married at the end of one's life, and in the eyes of the state of new york, they're the next of kin. in the eyes of the federal government, they were legal strangers. so e.d. was struck with a $363,000 estate tax simply because her partner was a woman rather than a man. so this is happening throughout the country. and all 12 of those jurisdictions that you mentioned, individuals can be married in the eyes of their state but can just be seen as complete strangers in the eyes...

Plaintiff, e.d. windsor in that case who was with her partner for 40 years and that they were married at the end of one's life, and in the eyes of the state of new york, they're the next of kin. in the eyes of the federal government, they were legal strangers. so e.d. was struck with a $363,000 estate tax simply because her partner was a woman rather than a man. so this is happening throughout the country. and all 12 of those jurisdictions that you mentioned, individuals can be married in the eyes of their state but can just be seen as complete strangers in the eyes of the federal government. ...

Report which we cite on page 38. >> so that was the view of the 84 senators who voted favor of it and the president who signed it? they were motivated by an mus? >> it may well have been what gar it described as the simple want of careful reflection or instirvegtive response to a class of people, a group of people who we perceive as alien or other. >> alien or other. the case against the defense of marriage act was brought by an elderly new york woman. she was hit about w. a $363,000 federal estate tax bill when her same sex spouse passed what way in 2009. had the federal government recognized...

That recognized same-sex marriage. when spyer died, windsor learned she had to pay the sum of money, this $363,000 in estate taxes from an intheritance from spyer. windsor says if her spouse had been a man, there would have been zero tax, one of the benefits like social security, that same-sex spouses do not get because of doma. >> when my beautiful sparkling thea died four years ago, i was overcome with grief. within a month i was hospitalized with a heart attack, and that is kind of common. it is usually looked at as broken heart syndrome. in the midst of my grief, i realized the federal gov...