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Dani Stevens
Dani Stevens (née Samuels, born 26 May 1988) is an Australian discus thrower who in 2009 became the youngest ever female world champion in the event. She is the current national and Oceanian record holder.
After winning the discus gold and shot put bronze medals at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics, she went on to win the bronze medal in the discus at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne at the age of seventeen. She won the discus silver at the 2007 Summer Universiade and represented Australia
an opinion in "Samuels v. New York State Department of Health" rejecting the four constitutional claims for same-sex marriage. Equal protection based on sexual orientation, equal protection based on gender, due process, and free speech were all argued to be violated by New York's "Domestic Relations Law", but none was found to have merit.
- October 17, 2005: Oral arguments are heard by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department.
- February 16, 2006: The Appellate