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UNITED STATES v. WINDSOR

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                 No. 12-307


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         UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                               Petitioner,
                    V.
        EDITH SCHLAIN WINDSOR, et al.,
                             Respondents.

    On Writ Of Certiorari To The United States
    Court Of Appeals For The Second Circuit

    BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE BISHOPS OF THE
    EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE STATES OF
    CALIFORNIA, CONNECTICUT, IOWA, MAINE,
 MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE,
 NEW YORK, VERMONT, AND WASHINGTON AND
   THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; THE JEWISH
     THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA;
     MANHATTAN CONFERENCE OF THE
   METROPOLITAN NEW YORK SYNOD OF THE
 EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA;
       THE RABBINICAL ASSEMBLY; THE
RECONSTRUCTIONIST RABBINICAL ASSOCIATION;
  RECONSTRUCTIONIST RABBINICAL COLLEGE;
  RABBI AKIVA HERZFELD OF SHAAREY TPHILOH;
  THE UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM; UNITARIAN
  UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION; UNITED CHURCH
    OF CHRIST; THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF
    CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM; AFFIRMATION;
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  RELIGIOUS INSTITUTE, INC. ON THE MERITS AND
  IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE IN FAVOR OF
  RESPONDENT EDITH SCHLAIN WINDSOR

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