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<\/a><\/p>\nThere are two sections of a law that lays out benefits for U.S. veterans<\/a> that the Obama administration will no longer enforce. In a rare decisions to stop enforcing enforcing federal laws, the President has directed the Executive Branch to cease enforcement of sections 101(3) and 1010(31) Title 38<\/a>.<\/p>\n (Related:\u00a0Advance Care Planning Lessons for Oakland County Residents<\/a>)<\/p>\n The sections define marriage as between a man and woman and deny legally married same-sex couple Veterans Affairs benefits<\/a> like health care and disability payments. House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, said the decision to allow same-sex couples to apply for benefits was based on a June Supreme Court decision that shot down the Defense of Marriage Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Although the Supreme Court did not directly address the constitutionality of the Title 38<\/a> provisions in Windsor, the reasoning of the opinion strongly supports the conclusion that those provisions are unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment,” Holder wrote.<\/p>\n (Related:\u00a0Majority <\/a>(more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are two sections of a law that lays out benefits for U.S. veterans that the Obama administration will no longer enforce. In a rare decisions to stop enforcing enforcing federal laws, the President has directed the Executive Branch to…<\/span><\/p>\n