Posted on 06/13/2009 5:40:38 AM PDT by JoeProBono
As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama claimed "we need to fully repeal the Defense of Marriage Act," which says states are not required to recognize other states' same-sex marriages.
That was then. This week, the Obama administration is facing the ire of gay rights groups after it filed a brief in California federal court defending the Defense of Marriage Act and calling it a "valid exercise of Congress' power" that is saving taxpayers money.
The Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, was signed into law by President Clinton in 1996. It doesn't prohibit same-sex marriages; instead, it says that no state "shall be required" to honor same-sex marriages taking place elsewhere or any "right or claim arising from such relationship."
Two married California men, Arthur Smelt and Christopher Hammer, sued the federal government to overturn DOMA. They claim that it violates their constitutionally-protected rights to travel, their rights to free speech, and their due process rights.
The U.S. Justice Department's brief doesn't address the morality of same-sex marriage. Instead, it makes the narrower legal argument that DOMA "merely permits each state to follow its own policy with respect to marriage" and the law "does not restrict any rights that have been recognized as fundamental." It also says that it saves money by not paying out marriage benefits under federal law, a move that "preserves scarce government resources."
hopefully someone in the know will out Obama as the closeted homosexual that he is. But as one gossip rag i saw at the market is claiming, Michelle is going to get pregnant to quell any gay rumors.
Why does 0bama need to care about this. Gays will continue to vote for him.
Maybe they’ve finally figured out that when Impervious Leader opens his mouth, he’s lying!
Homosexuals have a sixth sense (most satanists do) and are able to recognize a brother when they see one.
Hell hath no furry like a she-male scorned!
This protest is about as spontaneous as pro wrestling. Come to think of it, when it comes to anything about obamuh the press is like the pro wrestling “press” Say anything to advance the show.
It is always the closet gays like Ohomo that hate gays the most!
i don’t think he hates gays. I think this all stems from doing what is politically smart in order to keep him on both sides of the fence.
Well, being as he and the former Miss California are on the same page on this issue, and she was stripped of her crown, I think it only fair that 0 gets stripped of his office as well.
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