Original sentence: Arguments have been made that the DOMA conflicts with the United States Constitution, and could conceivably be overturned on this basis.As tolerance of homosexuality has become more widespread in Western cultures, some governments have recognized a right to marriage by people of the same sex.At the United States federal level, the Defense of Marriage Act has created a federal definition of marriage as between a man and a woman as well as allowing one state not to recognize a same sex marriage recognized by another state.Nevertheless, while opinion polls indicate support by the general majority of Europe and North America for legal recognition of homosexual partnerships for the purpose of granting rights and immunities equivalent to those of heterosexual marriages, the same polls indicate wide majorities, as much as two-thirds, disapproving of a change to the legal definition of marriage to include homosexual unions.To ensure this does not happen, some, including President George W
Edited sentence: As tolerance of homosexuality has become more widespread in Western cultures, some governments have yielded to demands by homosexual advocacy groups and recognized a right to marriage by people of the same sex.At the federal level, the Defense of Marriage Act has created a federal definition of marriage as between a man and a woman as well as allowing one state not to recognize a same sex marriage recognized by another state.Nevertheless, while opinion polls indicate support by the general majority of Europe and North America for legal recognition of homosexual partnerships, for the purpose of granting rights and immunities equivalent to those of heterosexual marriages, the same polls indicate wide majorities, as much as two-thirds, disapproving of a change to the legal definition of marriage to include homosexual unions.Some, including President George W