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Summary: The Supreme Court struck down a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act, entitling same-sex couples to federal benefits. They also ruled that defenders of California's gay marriage ban did not have the right to appeal lower rulings striking down Proposition 8. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal joins Gwen Ifill.