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I renamed the headers of the sections on "Impact" and "Political debate" to "Legal impact" and "Political impact". I did this for two reasons: firstly, for consistency, which allows our readers to see parallel effects; and secondly to develop those parallel results as impacting our legal and political systems, as well as the impacts on real people's lives. I'd like to add in more material on the political side: it resulted in a backlash against conservative Republicans and Democrats in the 1998 United States elections. In many ways, the passage of the Defense of Marriage Act was the beginning, not the end, of America's ongoing struggle over marriage equality. I also linked Evan Wolfson, whose article I'm working on, and who was instrumental in making marriage equality happen. Bearian (talk) 06:46, 29 June 2025 (UTC)