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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com March 15, 2011
81 Reps Condemn Obama's DOMA Stance
By Michelle Garcia
A House resolution with 81 Republican cosponsors, including Rep. Michele
Bachmann, condemns President Barack Obama for his decision to stop defending
section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court cases.
Obama in February directed Atty. Gen. Eric Holder and the Department of
Justice to stop defending DOMA, which bans recognition of gay and lesbian
couples by the federal government, even if they are married in other
countries or partnered in states where same-sex marriages, domestic
partnerships, or civil unions are legal. House speaker John Boehner and
Republican leaders last week took the option to defend the law in court.
The resolution finds fault with the the Obama administration for ceasing to
defend DOMA, despite a large majority in Congress approving it, but in
contrast, the administration is defending other laws, such as the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act after it "barely passed both chambers of
Congress on party line votes."
The Congress members added that "the vast majority of Americans believe that
marriage should continue to be what it always has been — the legal and
spiritual union between one man and one woman." The resolution goes on to
condemn the Obama administration's decision and demand that the Justice
Department continue defending the law.
The resolution is cosponsored by representatives including Virginia Foxx of
North Carolina and Darrell Issa of California. The lead sponsor is Rep.
Vicky Hartzler of Missouri. |
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