NEW : ` ` I think it 's gon na be good , '' says Lord Windsor , the focus of the DOMA challenge . The court was divided on the questions of federal and state authority . Justice Anthony Kennedy pointed to Congress ' ` ` " to regulate marriage '' The Defense of Marriage Act denies benefits to same - sex couples .
NEW : `` I think it 's gon na be good , '' says Edith Windsor , the focus of the DOMA challenge . The court appears divided on the questions of discrimination and state authority . Justice Anthony Kennedy refers to states ' `` power to regulate marriage '' The Defense of Marriage Act denies benefits to same-sex couples .