The Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA") is a federal statute. However, many states have adopted state laws (sometimes called "mini-DOMAs") that effectively ban same-sex marriage. Sometimes these state statutes merely define marriage as being between a man and a woman. Some states go further and explicitly state that any marriages not meeting this description are null and void. Voters in some states, fearing that a state court would rule the statute in violation of the state constitution, have amended their state constitutions to contain similar language and therefore protect the prohibition from judicial review.
State
In a state (solid, liquid, gas)
frozen in ice form
State
physical state defines the shape size and the form in which the matter exist in nature
Water can exist in a solid state as ice, a liquid state as water, and a gaseous state as water vapor.
They are concentrated under a central level in a unitary government.
Direct Democracy is a form of government where the will of the people is translated into public policy (law) directly by the people themselves in mass meetings. This only works in very small communities. It does not exist at the national level anywhere in the world today.
The physical state that cannot exist in a solution is solid. This can be either liquid or gaseous states but not in solid form.
Most atoms are found in chemical compounds or bonded to other atoms, as opposed to existing in a free state. Atoms are constantly interacting with other atoms through chemical bonds to form molecules. However, certain noble gases, such as helium and neon, can exist in a relatively stable and unreactive free state.
Cellular receptors exist only on the outer surface of the plasma membrane
Yes, carbon dioxide (CO2) can exist in a solid state under certain conditions, such as at very low temperatures and high pressures. This solid form of CO2 is commonly known as dry ice.