In 1996, responding to a Hawaii Supreme Court ruling that a ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, Congress passed and President Clinton signed into law the Defense ofMarriage Act, which defines marriage for the purpose of federal law.
Weill, instrumental in the repeal of the Glass-Steagall law that allowed the marriageof commercial and investment banking, is considered the father of such financial supermarkets.
Eight years ago, Congress passed, and President Clinton signed, the Defense ofMarriage Act, which defined marriage for purposes of federal law as the legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife.