Removing the blot of DOMA
Washington Blade Opinion Jun 19 09
Removing the blot of DOMA Anger over DOJ brief is a sideshow — now it's time to work for repeal. By Robert Raben Friday, June 19, 2009 THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S decision to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, which among other restrictions excludes same-sex couples from the federal definition of marriage, has caused understandable pain and anger in the gay community. President Obama has said, after all, that he supports repeal of this awful law. But there is both more and less than meets the eye in this decision. The Department of Justice defends congressional enactments — even lousy ones, even ones with which it disagrees — with very rare exception. Full story...
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