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It has always been a State function to define marriage. The Internal Revenue Code is, therefore, silent on the issue. However, the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 (PL 104-199) established the meaning of marriage, for Federal purposes, as only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife. Therefore, any Internal Revenue Code references to marriage now fall under this definition, and it trumps any State changes.

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