On June 26, 2015, gay rights advocates celebrated a landmark victory as the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right.
The ruling also had implications for the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, a 1996 law that defined federal marriage as a union between one man and one woman. The Supreme Court struck down key parts of the law in 2013.
In our previous update, though, we rated Obama's promise In The Works, because Section 2 of DOMA, which allowed states to not recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, still stood following the decision.
However, the 5-4 decision in the most recent court ruling, Obergefell v. Hodges, overrides this remaining provision.
As a result of Obergefell v. Hodges, same-sex couples now have the right to marry in every state, and consequently, every state must recognize lawful same-sex marriages performed in other states.
With the help of the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, Obama's promise for a "complete repeal" of DOMA has been upheld. We now rate this a Promise Kept.