--- description: Thursday marks one year since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled portions of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional title: One Year Anniversary of DOMA Supreme Court Ruling image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0630d6325b02f5d0/69869996e8524b8dfc603a85/doma-anniversary-couples.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LGBT](/tag/lgbt/) ## LGBT Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # One Year Later: The DOMA Supreme Court Ruling by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 28, 2014 2:31 PM CUT  Thursday marks one year since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled portions of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. Thursday marks one year since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled portions of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.Chip Somodevilla – Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 28, 2014 2:31 PM CUT In June of 2013, the Supreme Court [ruled on the Defense of Marriage Act](http://swampland.time.com/2013/06/26/in-landmark-ruling-supreme-court-strikes-down-defense-of-marriage-act/ "undefined"), giving married gay couples the federal benefits and rights to which straight married couples were previously entitled. The landmark decision produced one of the fastest civil rights shifts in the nation’s history. As a consequence of the ruling, the gay marriage movement was able to build [unprecedented momentum](http://nation.time.com/2013/11/10/these-are-the-next-gay-marriage-battlegrounds/ "undefined") that allowed gay advocates to win cases in more than a dozen jurisdictions. Watch the video above for more on where the country stands one year after the historic ruling paved the way for more marriage equality. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2930706/doma-supreme-court/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2930706/doma-supreme-court/"},"headline":"One Year Later: The DOMA Supreme Court Ruling","datePublished":"2014-06-28T14:31:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:39:43.104Z","description":"Thursday marks one year since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled portions of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional","url":"https://time.com/2930706/doma-supreme-court/","keywords":["LGBT","Gay Marriage","Supreme Court","Marriage","Law","DOMA"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0630d6325b02f5d0/69869996e8524b8dfc603a85/doma-anniversary-couples.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0630d6325b02f5d0/69869996e8524b8dfc603a85/doma-anniversary-couples.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"DOMA anniversary couples","caption":"Thursday marks one year since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled portions of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.","creditText":"Chip Somodevilla – Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/lgbt/","name":"LGBT"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2930706/doma-supreme-court/","name":"One Year Later: The DOMA Supreme Court Ruling"}}]}] ```