Task: Text Matching
Input (English): Sent1: The Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, was enacted by Congress in 1996 when it appeared Hawaii would soon legalize same-sex marriage and opponents worried that other states would be forced to recognize such marriages.
 Sent2: The federal DOMA was an effort to quarantine same-sex marriage, to exclude same-sex couples from federal rights and benefits even if states were to legalize same-sex marriage, which several have done since 1996.
Output (English): Similar