Thursday, February 24, 2011

Defence of Marriage Act

In a coup for gay rights advocates the Obama administration announced this week they would not defend the Defense of Marriage Act – a federal law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

It’s a turnaround for the Obama administration that has previously defended the law on several occasions and also rare for a President to decide his Justice Department will not defend an existing federal law.

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