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To Obama, Legal Precedents Are All About Politics

Michael1957MN Wrote: Apr 10, 2012 9:45 AM

The writer, writing about DOMA's eventual appearance before the Supreme Court writes, "perhaps DOMA's defenders will remind the administration of the president's respect for duly constituted and passed laws." "The president's respect for duly constituted and passed laws." ROFLMAO! The "President's respect"! Wow, that's rich. This pres respecting anything but himself.Who'd a thunk it?

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traitorbill Wrote: Apr 10, 2012 11:15 AM

The only thing Obama respects is his ego.

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To Obama, Legal Precedents Are All About Politics

In 1996, Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act by huge bipartisan votes -- 342 - 67 in the House and 85 - 14 in the Senate. President Bill Clinton signed the measure into law.

Now, the Obama administration says DOMA, which permits states to refuse to recognize gay marriages from other states and creates a federal definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman, is unconstitutional. In Boston recently, Stuart Delery, an attorney for the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, urged the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals to find DOMA violates the Constitution by discriminating against...

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