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It's about time. the Defense of Marriage Act is not about defending marriage - it is about denying spousal relations and rights to same-sex couples.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gay_marriage;_ylt=AoRgmXMiMZ5WPKl3y55btT.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNmOWVsZGVyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwMjIzL3VzX2dheV9tYXJyaWFnZQRjY29kZQNtb3N0cG9wdWxhcgRjcG9zAzIEcG9zAzgEcHQDaG9tZV9jb2tlBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2dvdnRkcm9wc2RlZg--
WASHINGTON – In a major policy reversal, the Obama administration said Wednesday that it will no longer defend the constitutionality of a federal law banning recognition of same-sex marriage.
Attorney General Eric Holder said President Barack Obama has concluded that the administration cannot defend the federal law that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman. He noted that the congressional debate during passage of the Defense of Marriage Act "contains numerous expressions reflecting moral disapproval of gays and lesbians and their intimate and family relationships - precisely the kind of stereotype-based thinking and animus the (Constitution's)Equal Protection Clause is designed to guard against."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gay_marriage;_ylt=AoRgmXMiMZ5WPKl3y55btT.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNmOWVsZGVyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwMjIzL3VzX2dheV9tYXJyaWFnZQRjY29kZQNtb3N0cG9wdWxhcgRjcG9zAzIEcG9zAzgEcHQDaG9tZV9jb2tlBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2dvdnRkcm9wc2RlZg--
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