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Obama urges Supreme Court to strike down federal Defense of Marriage Act
FoxNews.com ^ | 2/23/2013

Posted on 02/23/2013 8:11:22 PM PST by RoosterRedux

The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to strike down the federal law defining marriage as a union between only a man and a woman.

The request regarding the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act was made Friday in a brief by Solicitor General Donald Verrilli that argues the law is unconstitutional because it violates "the fundamental guarantee of equal protection."

The high court is set to hear two cases next month on the issue: the constitutional challenge on Proposition 8, the 2008 California that allowed same-sex marriages in the state that two years later was overturned, and United States v. Windsor, which challenges DOMA.

Edith Windsor, a California resident, was married to her female partner in Canada in 2007 but was required to pay roughly $360,000 in federal estate taxes because the marriage is not recognized under DOMA.

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As Kevin Dujan of Chicago (and Hillbuzz.org) says...Obama is not heterosexual, not bisexual...he is homosexual.

And Michelle is the beard selected by Jeremiah Wright (and what a beard it is!).

1 posted on 02/23/2013 8:11:29 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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Obama is the perfect candidate of the left (however much he might be the son of a jackel)...he is half black, all muslim, all un-American, all Marxist, all anti-Christian, all anti-Jew, all anti-Israel, all anti-Europe...and anti-democracy.

He is the perfect traitor to all that we treasure and respect.

But he will not die easily...because he is Satan's favorite son.

2 posted on 02/23/2013 8:17:28 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Get armed, practice in the use of your weapons, get physically fit, stay alert!)
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To: RoosterRedux

Has he bought a bridal gown yet, or is it Reggie Love who’ll wear that?


3 posted on 02/23/2013 8:44:09 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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To: RoosterRedux

We can only hope that if he keeps sticking his pole in fecal matter, it will take its toll.


4 posted on 02/23/2013 8:52:04 PM PST by soycd
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To: RoosterRedux

I wonder if Roberts and Kagan will recuse themselves?


5 posted on 02/23/2013 8:58:14 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: RoosterRedux
The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to strike down the federal law defining marriage as a union between only a man and a woman.

LMBO!!
The African communist scumbag thinks the Supreme Court can overrule Webster's Dictionary?

6 posted on 02/23/2013 9:03:46 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: RoosterRedux; All
All that DOMA did was to win votes for incumbent federal lawmakers from voters who don't know the Constitution, particularly the Founding States' division of federal and state government powers.

More specifically, noting that the states have never delegated to Congress via the Constitution the specific power to regulate marriage, the Founders made the 10th Amendment to clarify in general that such issues are automatically state power issues.

So I will reluctantly side with justices who decide that federal DOMA is unconstitutional. The joke is on patriots who don't bother to read the Constitution.

7 posted on 02/23/2013 9:10:33 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: RoosterRedux

Are we all just allowed to ignore laws we don’t agree with...?


8 posted on 02/23/2013 9:12:49 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: RoosterRedux

I’m sure all the black preachers will be advising their flocks to protest.


9 posted on 02/23/2013 9:17:14 PM PST by Terry Mross (How long before America is gone?)
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To: RoosterRedux

Evil is on the march.

Only God can save us now.


10 posted on 02/23/2013 9:32:56 PM PST by Rome2000 (THE WASHINGTONIANS AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ARE THE ENEMY -ROTATE THE CAPITAL AMONGST THE STATES)
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11 posted on 02/23/2013 9:35:11 PM PST by Rome2000 (THE WASHINGTONIANS AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ARE THE ENEMY -ROTATE THE CAPITAL AMONGST THE STATES)
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To: Amendment10
I hope you also call for the abolishment of the Social Security Act and any Federal benefit that goes towards spouses of the deceased. Also Mr. Constitutional scholar, how would you go about revoking the income tax laws, federal mind you, that grant spousal "benefits"? Built in all those Federal laws are specific areas in which the Federal government defines what a spouse is, and it ain't Adam and Steve.

In theory you are correct, but the Federal government's expansion in the 20th century clearly convoluted your theory. Please read what constitutes a spouse, say wife, under the Social Security Act. This becomes self evident that a need to define a legal marriage is required if people understood reason instead of a Constitution which has been trampled upon way before DOMA.
12 posted on 02/23/2013 9:54:27 PM PST by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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>> Obama urges Supreme Court to strike down federal DOMA

I guess then homosexual marriage law can also be ruled unconstitutional.


13 posted on 02/23/2013 9:59:47 PM PST by Gene Eric (The Palin Doctrine.)
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“Edith Windsor, a California resident, was married to her female partner in Canada in 2007 but was required to pay roughly $360,000 in federal estate taxes because the marriage is not recognized under DOMA.”

It’s not a tax. It’s a fee.


14 posted on 02/23/2013 10:00:16 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Got a problem? Nothing a drone strike can't fix.)
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To: rollo tomasi
"I hope you also call for the abolishment of the Social Security Act and any Federal benefit that goes towards spouses of the deceased. .."

Thank you for your concern about the spouses of the deceased. Please consider the following concerning such spouses.

Not only has each state always had the 10th Amendment protected power to run its own customized SS program to insure that the spouses of the deceased have an income, but there's never been anything to stop the states from exercising their unique, Ariticle V power to ratify proposed amendments to the Constitution to do to grant Congress the specific power to tax and spend for a national SS program.

In other words, just as it did with constitutonally indefensible federal Obamacare, Congress wrongy established SS without first petitioning the Article V state majority to ratify amendments to the Constitution which would have granted Congress the specific powers that it needed to establish such programs.

15 posted on 02/23/2013 10:19:39 PM PST by Amendment10
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To: rollo tomasi

If the primary argument here is “equal protection,” would that not also open a clear legal path for incestuous marriage and polygamy?


16 posted on 02/24/2013 12:39:20 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: Amendment10

“The joke is on patriots who don’t bother to read the Constitution.”

No. The joke is on people who think they can interpret the Constitution with a straw man 2nd grade interpretation that is best utilized watching cartoons and InfoWars.


17 posted on 02/24/2013 3:01:26 AM PST by rbmillerjr (We have No Opposition to Obama's Socialist Agenda)
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To: RoosterRedux
Citizens of the United States URGE the Supreme Court to strike down Obama !
18 posted on 02/24/2013 3:14:18 AM PST by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

What if Edith Windsor was arrested in California because she was driving 100 mph, which is legal on the German Autobahn, and it cost her money and liberty?

Which laws of Canada or Mexico should extend across borders?

What if Canada legalized polygamy? Would polygamous marrieds demand special treatment in the US tax code?

They picked a bad case. The facts and the law are not on their side. The Congress sets tax policy, not the SC. The liberals on the SC will ignore reality no matter what.

It will be very close.


19 posted on 02/24/2013 4:10:11 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: zeestephen

We are already there:

http://bangordailynews.com/2013/02/23/living/my-wife-is-my-sister/

It’s not clear if the above is true, but it certainly is possible.


20 posted on 02/24/2013 4:15:30 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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