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Bill Clinton joins Obama urging top court to back gay marriage

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Former President Bill Clinton says the U.S. Supreme Court should strike down a law he signed 17 years ago that bans same-sex marriage, calling the measure "incompatible" with the Constitution.

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Former President Bill Clinton says the U.S. Supreme Court should strike down the Defense of Marriage Act he signed 17 years ago that bans same-sex marriage. "I have come to believe that DOMA is contrary to those principles and, in fact, incompatible with our Constitution," Clinton wrote in an op-ed article in The Washington Post newspaper.