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<p dir="auto">MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) ? Vermont?s attorney general has joined Connecticut and New York in asking a federal appeals court to rule that the law defining marriage as between a man and a woman is unconstitutional.<br />
Attorney General William Sorrell said Friday that the Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA, deprives same-gender couples of federal benefits and unfairly discriminates against them. The three states filed their briefs in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York.</p>
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