Posted by
TheChair on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:54:08 AM
As we predicted here, a vote for Obama is a vote against traditional marriage.
Newsmax reports that Obama's DOJ just filed a half-hearted, technical defense of DOMA. Such briefs signal to the courts that the administration doesn't really mean its ostensible argument. Sometimes, such briefs even clandestinely provide the courts with rationale for ruling against the filing party.
In a statement Monday about the latest DOJ brief, he [Obama] said it “makes clear that my Administration believes that the Act is discriminatory and should be repealed by Congress. I have long held that DOMA prevents LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) couples from being granted equal rights and benefits.
“While we work with Congress to repeal DOMA, my Administration will continue to examine and implement measures that will help extend rights and benefits to LGBT couples under existing law."
As for the Justice Department, its brief reads: "This Administration does not support DOMA as a matter of policy, believes that it is discriminatory, and supports its repeal."
Repeal of DOMA by court decision or by legislation will set up the forced recognition by one state of homosexual marriage performed in another state.