NEW YORK -- Yet another federal court has ruled the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, aka DOMA, is unconstitutional.

The First Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court ruling that found DOMA was unconstitutional, sticking another hole in the federal law that discriminates against legally married gay and lesbian couples.

The ruling by a three-judge panel was authored by Judge Michael Boudin, who was nominated by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. It involves two closely-watched cases:

WASHINGTON – On the heels of President Obama’s historic support for marriage equality and subsequent polling on the issue among African-Americans, the NAACP board of directors late Saturday endorsed marriage equality.

The NAACP resolution said:

WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden stirred up a hornet’s nest Sunday when he seemingly spoke out in favor of marriage equality. Then on Monday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan also came out in favor of marriage equality.

"The good news is that as more and more Americans come to understand what this is all about is a simple proposition," Vice President Biden told host David Gregory of NBC’s “Meet The Press.”

A candidate for the U.S. Senate has come under fire for criticizing the Student Non-Discrimination Act, legislation meant to protect children, becuase she said it “criminalizes” teasing.

Heather Wilson, who formerly represented New Mexico’s first Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives and is now running for the U.S. Senate, said that SNDA “is so broad that it would actually punish children, or say it’s prohibited to express an opinion with respect to homosexuality in schools.”