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  • Why Bill Clinton is Apologizing for Signing DOMA (Federal Law Prevents Same Sex Marriage)

    03/08/2013 7:07:22 AM PST · by lbryce · 22 replies
    The Week ^ | March 8, 2013 | Staff
    "In 1996, I signed the Defense of Marriage Act," says former President Bill Clinton in The Washington Post. DOMA, which prevents federal recognition of same-sex marriage, is up for review at the Supreme Court on April 27, and the justices will have to decide whether the law "is consistent with the principles of a nation that honors freedom, equality, and justice above all," Clinton says. In the 17 years since he signed it, the former president says, "I have come to believe that DOMA is contrary to those principles and, in fact, incompatible with our Constitution." (He's not alone: Read...
  • Speaking Truth With Power ~ John Fund

    02/14/2003 3:53:41 AM PST · by Elle Bee · 8 replies · 320+ views
    The Wall Street Journal. / Opinion Journal ^ | February 14, 2003 | John H. Fund
    <p>Black leaders who focus on racial divisions are too often showered with media attention and, what is worse, given a free pass on demagoguery. Presidential candidate Al Sharpton, handled with kid gloves by other White House contenders, comes to mind. At the same time, leaders such as Clarence Thomas, J.C. Watts, civil-rights leader Roy Innis and even Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice are often called "sellouts," or worse, for not viewing every issue through a racial prism.</p>